title: William Smyth (academic administrator)
text: # William Smyth (academic administrator)
  
  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. While Warden at Wadham College, Smyth was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1630 until 1632. He died on 6 May 1658.
  
  