Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian academic
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Wilfred Cantwell Smith
- Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916–2000) was a Canadian Islamicist, comparative religion scholar, and Presbyterian minister.
- He was the founder of the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Quebec and later the director of Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions.
- The Harvard University Gazette said he was one of the field's most influential figures of the past century.
- In his 1962 work The Meaning and End of Religion he notably questioned the modern sectarian concept of religion.
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