2) Smith, William Robertson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Smith, William Robertson, 1846-94, Scottish biblical scholar and Orientalist. He studied for the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. From 1870 he was professor...

3) Clark, William Smith. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Clark, William Smith, 1826-86, American educator, b. Ashfield, Mass., grad. Amherst, 1848, and studied chemistry and botany at Gottingen (Ph.D., 1852). He taught...

4) O'Brien, William Smith. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...O Brien, William Smith, 1803-64, Irish revolutionary. He entered Parliament from Ireland in 1828 and worked for Catholic Emancipation, Irish poor relief, and state...

5) Smith, Sir William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Smith, Sir William, 1813-93, English editor and lexicographer. He was editor of the Quarterly Review from 1867 until his death and also edited reference works esteemed...

6) Smith, Sir William Sidney. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Smith, Sir William Sidney, 1764-1840, British admiral. He was a distinguished commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and is especially remembered...

7) Monroe, Bill. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Monroe, Bill, (William Smith Monroe), 1911-96, country singer, musician, and songwriter, often called the "father of bluegrass," b. Rosine, Ky. A mandolin and guitar...

8) Linton, William James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Linton, William James, 1812-97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and...

9) Tryon, Dwight William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...landscape painter, b. Hartford, Conn., studied in Paris under C. F. Daubigny and Jacquesson de la Chevreuse. Upon his return to the United States he became established...

10) Neilson, William Allan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...b. Scotland, M.A. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1891, Ph.D. Harvard, 1898. He taught English in Scotland and Canada and at Bryn Mawr and Columbia and served (1906-17) as professor...