Cecil Harcourt Smith
Cecil Harcourt Smith (born September 11, 1859 in Staines , Middlesex , † March 27, 1944 in Stoatley , Bramley , Surrey ) was an English classical archaeologist and director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London .
The son of a lawyer was educated at Winchester College and worked in the Greek and Roman Antiquities Department of the British Museum from 1879 . From 1895 to 1897, the museum assigned him to Athens , where he reorganized the British School at Athens as director . In 1904 Smith became the Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, and from 1909 until his retirement in 1924 he was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Fonts (selection)
- The Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan 1913.
- The Art Treasures of the Nation 1929.
- with George Augustin Macmillan, The Society of Dilettanti: Its Regalia and Pictures. London, Macmillan 1932.
Web links
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Obituary from The Times , March 29, 1944
- Literature by and about Cecil Harcourt Smith in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Smith, Cecil Harcourt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English classical archaeologist and director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Staines , Middlesex |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1944 |
| Place of death | Stoatley , Bramley , Surrey |