About William Smyth
Lived 1582 – 1658 (aged 75–76). William Smyth was a writer.
William Smyth D.D. (1582 – 6 May 1658), was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
Smyth was elected Warden of Wadham College, Oxford on 24 March 1616/17, a post he held until he resigned on 7 September 1635. While Warden at Wadham College, Smyth was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1630 until 1632. He died on 6 May 1658.
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Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
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William Smyth was born in 1582.
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William Smyth died on 6 May 1658.
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William Smyth was a writer.
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