Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson
Agnes Smith Lewis (1843–1926) and
Margaret Dunlop Gibson (1843–1920), nées
Smith (sometimes referred to as the
Westminster Sisters), were English
Semitic scholars and travellers. As the twin daughters of John Smith of
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, they learned more than 12 languages between them, specialising in
Arabic,
Christian Palestinian Aramaic, and
Syriac, and became acclaimed scholars in their academic fields, and benefactors to the
Presbyterian Church of England, especially to
Westminster College, Cambridge.
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