Background
SMITH, Cecil Harcourt was born in 1859. Son of William Smith, solicitor.
SMITH, Cecil Harcourt was born in 1859. Son of William Smith, solicitor.
Brighton; Winchester College. Doctor of Laws.
Entered Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, 1879. Assistant Keeper, 1896. 1867 Keeper, 1904; attached to a diplomatic mission to Persia, 1887.
Director of the British School at Athens, 1895-1897. Chairman of Commission appointed to consider re-arrangement of Victoria and Albert Museum, 1908. Honourable DL.D. Aberdeen University, 1895.
Commander of the Order of the Savines, 1903. Member of the Dilettanti Society. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Vice president of the Hellenic Society and of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum since 1909.
Clubs: Bath, Savile.
Golf, shooting, fencing.