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<p> Son of preceding, diplomatist and noted philologist, born at St. Petersburg; passed through [[Harrow]] and Oxford; entered the diplomatic service; became attaché at Constantinople, and during the Crimean War served as Oriental Secretary, acquiring the while a profound grip of the Eastern Question, and an unrivalled knowledge of European and Asiatic languages—Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Slavonic, Afghan, Basque, &c.; succeeded to the title in 1855, and henceforth resided chiefly in London; was [[President]] of the Asiatic Society, and was considered by [[Freeman]] "our greatest English philologist"; author of various articles on political, geographical, and philological subjects (1825-1869). </p>

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<ref name="term_80168"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/strangford,+percy+e.f.w.+smythe Percy E.F.W. Smythe Strangford from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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