Arthur Smith (curator)
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Arthur Hamilton Smith, FBA (1860โ1941) was a British Museum curator and archaeologist.
His brothers were civil servant Henry Babington Smith and MP James Parker Smith. All three attended Trinity College, Cambridge and were members of the Cambridge Apostles.[1]
Smith was Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum from 1909 to 1925. In addition, he served as president of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies from 1924 to 1929 and director of the British School at Rome from 1928 to 1930 and in 1932.[2]
References
- ^ Lubenow, W.C. (29 October 1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914. Cambridge University Press. pp. 36, 256. ISBN 9780521572132. Retrieved 23 August 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cook, B. F. "Smith, Arthur Hamilton (1860โ1941)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36128. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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