Roandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith FSA (3 May 1859 – 1916) was an English barrister and antiquary. He was the author of Greece under King George (1893), once a standard work on 19th century Greek history.
Early life
editRoandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith was born in Trevarno on 3 May 1859, the son of William Bickford-Smith (1827–99), Member of Parliament for Truro, Cornwall. He graduated in law from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1883, and received his Masters of Arts degree in 1886.[1]
Career
editBickford-Smith became a member of the Inner Temple in 1882 and was called to the bar in 1886.[1]
His 1893 book, Greece under King George was translated into Greek in 1993.[1]
He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[1]
Family
editIn 1891, Bickford-Smith married Caroline Louise Marianne Skinner (1873–1936). They had three children, John Allan, William Nugent Venning and Aubrey Luis.[1]
Death
editBickford-Smith died in 1916.[1]
Selected publications
edit- Greece under King George. R. Bentley, London, 1893.
- Cretan Sketches. London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1898 – via Internet Archive.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Chatziioanou, Maria Christina. (2009) "Like a rolling stone, R.A.H. Bickford-Smith (1859-1916) from Britain to Greece" in Michael Llewellyn-Smith, Paschalis Kitromilides, Eleni Calligas. (Eds.) Scholars, travels, archives: Greek history and culture through the British School at Athens. London: British School at Athens, 2009. pp. 39-48. (British School at Athens Studies Vol. 17) ISBN 978-0904887600
External links
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- http://www.materialtexts.bbk.ac.uk/?p=343
- https://www.academia.edu/4774436/Like_a_Rolling_Stone_R.A.H._Bickford-Smith_from_Britain_to_Greece_in_the_Last_Quarter_of_the_XIX_century
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