William Smyth (academic administrator)

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William Smyth D.D. (1582 – 6 May 1658), was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

Smyth was elected Warden of Wadham College, Oxford on 24 March 1616/17, a post he held until he resigned on 7 September 1635.{{cite book|editor=H. E. Salter and Mary D. Lobel | title=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford |publisher=Victoria County History | year=1954 | pages=279–287 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63888 | chapter=Wadham College | access-date=July 25, 2011}}

While Warden at Wadham College, Smyth was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1630 until 1632.{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/|title=Previous Vice-Chancellors | publisher=University of Oxford, UK | access-date=July 25, 2011}}{{cite book |title=The Historical Register of the University of Oxford |author=University of Oxford |author-link=University of Oxford | publisher=Clarendon Press | location=Oxford |year=1888 |pages=21–27|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/university-of-oxford/the-historical-register-of-the-university-of-oxford-completed-to-the-end-of-tri-hci/page-2-the-historical-register-of-the-university-of-oxford-completed-to-the-end-of-tri-hci.shtml| chapter=Vice-Chancellors | access-date=July 25, 2011}}

He died on 6 May 1658.