2 Quotes & Sayings By William Robertson Smith

William Robertson Smith (1821-1911) was a Scottish historian and antiquarian. He took an interest in the study of the Celtic languages, and published The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1863), "in which he presented his theory that Celtic religion was at its height around 600 BC." His later work The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1885) became "the classic work on pre-Christian Celtic religion" and "an important source for historical reconstruction of Celtic religion."