| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smyth, William, 1765-1849 NRA: Smyth William (1765-1849) historian and poet DNB: Smyth, William (1765-1849), historian LBT ID: WiSmyth1849 VIAF ID: 54930764 LOC ID: n79089812  | B/BAP:   1765 DIED: 1849-06-24  | 
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The son of a Liverpool banker, he was educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge, and was
                        Professor of Modern History at Cambridge (1807). He published of English
                            Lyricks (1797) and Lectures on Modern History
                        (1840).  | |