Description: William Robertson Smith - the website
William Robertson Smith, George Reid, 1877, Christ’s College Cambridge
At this website you will find a short biography and a number of projects dedicated to William Robertson Smith (1846-1894) and other members of that remarkably talented Scottish family. Born in Keig in rural Aberdeenshire, Robertson Smith became a crucial figure in the development of advanced biblical criticism towards the end of the nineteenth century and his trial for alleged heresy brought him both notoriety and fame. In addition, he had considerable scientific skills and was associated with many of the g
The original stimulus for this website emerged out of a disorganised mass of family documents and pictures in the possession of Robertson Smith’s family descendants in Germany and Canada. The task of systematizing that material eventually uncovered a wealth of information which has subsequently proved to be of value to others who have an interest in numerous aspects of nineteenth century science, religion and literary culture. And for those who simply wish to know more about family life in rural Scotland at