Laksamana William Henry Smyth KFM DCL FRS FRAS FRGS FSA (21 Januari 1788 – 8 September 1865) adalah seorang pimpinan angkatan laut, hidrografer, astronom dan numismatis Inggris
| William Henry Smyth | |
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Smyth, digambarkan dalam The Sailor's Word-Book karyanya | |
| Lahir | 21 Januari 1788 Westminster, London |
| Meninggal | 8 September 1865 (umur 77) Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
| Dikebumikan | Stone, Buckinghamshire |
| Pengabdian | Britania Raya |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Laut Kerajaan |
| Lama dinas | 1804–1846 |
| Pangkat | Laksamana |
| Komandan |
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| Perang/pertempuran | Peperangan Napoleon • Kampanye Walcheren • Pengepungan Cádiz |
| Pekerjaan lain | Astronom dan numismatis |
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William Smyth lahir di 42 Great Peter Street, Westminster, London. Ia adalah anak tunggal dari Joseph Smyth dan Georgina Caroline Pitt Pilkington, cucu dari penulis Irlandia Laetitia Pilkington dan suami Matthew Pilkington, keduanya anak kesayangan dari Jonathan Swift.
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- Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography of Sicily and Its Islands, Interspersed With Antiquarian and Other Notices (1824)
- Sketch of the Present State of the Island of Sardinia (1828, reprinted 2009)
- The Life and Services of Captain Philip Beaver (1829)
- Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals (1834)
- Voyages up the Mediterranean and in the Indian Seas; with memoirs, compiled from the logs and letters of W. Robinson, a Midshipman. Revised by W. H. Smyth (1837)
- Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London: delivered at the anniversary meeting on 27 May 1850 (1850)
- A Cycle of Celestial Objects, for the use of naval, military and private astronomers, observed, reduced and discussed by Captain W. H. Smyth (1844)
- Aedes Hartwellianae, or notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell (1851)
- Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London; delivered at the anniversary meeting on 26 May 1851 (1851)
- The Mediterranean: a Memoir Physical Historical and Nautical (1854, reprinted 2000)
- Popular Astronomy ... by Dominique Francois Jean Arago, translated and edited by Admiral W. H. Smyth and R. Grant (1855)
- Descriptive Catalogue of a cabinet of Roman Family Coins belonging to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland (1856)
- Lines written on reading verses of Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth (1857)
- History of the New World (1857) by Girolamo Benzoni, translated by W. H. Smyth
- Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Dominique Francois Jean Arago, translated by W. H. Smyth, the Rev. Baden Powell and R. Grant, (1857)
- The Cycle of Celestial Objects continued at the Hartwell Observatory to 1859. With a notice of recent discoveries, including details from the Ædes Hartwellianae (1860)
- An Additional Word on the pristine establishment of the Royal Society Club (1861)
- Synopsis of the published and privately-printed works by Admiral W. H. Smyth (1864)
- Addenda to the Ædes Hartwellianæ (1864)
- Nautical Terms - The Sailor's Word-Book (1867)
- Sidereal Chromatics: Being a Re-Print, with Additions from the Bedford Cycle of Celestial Objects and its Hartwell Continuation on the Colours of Multiple Stars (Re-printed 2010. ISBN 978-1-108-01517-2)
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai William Henry Smyth.
Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: William Henry Smyth.
- Obituary di Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol XXVI (November 1865 sampai Juni 1866) halaman. 121–129
- Biografi dan kumpulan bahan yang berkaitan dengan Smyth 2015-09-05 di Wayback Machine.