In 1769 in a little town in Oxfordshire, England, a child with the very ordinary name of William Smith was born into the poor family of a village blacksmith.

1769年，在英格兰牛津郡的一个小镇上，一个名字平平无奇的叫威廉·史密斯的小孩出生在一个贫穷的乡村铁匠家庭。

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When he grew older, William Smith taught himself surveying from books he bought with his small savings, and at the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to a surveyor of the local parish.

当威廉·史密斯长大一些，他用自己的一点积蓄买了一些书，自学测量学，并且他18岁时在当地教区做了一名测量师的学徒。

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Here are a few of them, photographed by William Leo Smith of the American Museum of Natural History.

下面就为您展示其中的一些，照片是由美国自然历史博物馆的研究员威廉·利奥·史密斯拍摄的。

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But most scholars - such as Roger Smith with the College of William and Mary - say the figure is higher.

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Another,William Kennedy Smith, was tried and acquitted on rape charges, with the senator called to testify.

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He also has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from URI and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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William Smith's managing director, Robert Sinclair, described the move as a positive development.

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In 1848, hopes of a nationalist uprising in Ireland were dashed when an insurrection at Tipperary led by William Smith O'Brien failed.

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