William Smellie

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William Smellie was an 18th-century Scottish printer, editor, and naturalist best known for overseeing and shaping the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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William Smellie canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
encyclopedist ⓘ
human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
printer ⓘ
birthDate 1740-02-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork The Philosophy of Natural History (1790) ⓘ
deathDate 1795-06-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
educatedAt Royal High School, Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Encyclopaedia Britannica (first edition) ⓘ
fieldOfWork editing ⓘ
encyclopedias ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
printing ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
reference works ⓘ
knownFor overseeing the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
shaping the editorial plan of the first Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
name William Smellie ⓘ
nativeLanguage Scots ⓘ
notableWork Encyclopaedia Britannica, first edition ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
encyclopedist ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
printer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
participatedIn compilation of the first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
placeOfBurial Greyfriars Kirkyard ⓘ
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
workedOn Encyclopaedia Britannica, first edition (1768–1771) ⓘ
wrote Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of William Smellie ⓘ
The Philosophy of Natural History ⓘ

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