William Smyth (historian)

William Smyth by Joseph Slater

William Smyth (1765 in Liverpool – 24 June 1849 in Norwich) was an English poet and historian, who became Regius Professor at Cambridge in 1807.[1]

  1. ^ Butler, K. T. B. (1948). "A. A. 'Petty' Professor of Modern History: William Smyth (1765-1849)". Cambridge Historical Journal. 9 (2): 217–238. ISSN 1474-6913.