William Smellie
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1740 – 1795
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Who was William Smellie?
William Smellie FRSE FSA was a Scottish master printer, naturalist, antiquary, editor and encyclopedist. He was friends with Robert Burns, whose assessment is engraved on Smellie's tombstone: "Here lies a man who did honour to human nature". Burns also described him fondly in a letter as "that old Veteran in Genius, Wit and Bawdry".
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- Born
- 1740
The Pleasance - Spouses
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Jun 24, 1795
Edinburgh - Resting place
- Greyfriars Kirkyard
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on July 23, 2013
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