Dictionary of Art HistoriansFull Name
Harcourt-Smith, Cecil, Sir
Other Names
Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Gender
Date Born
1859
Date Died
1944
Place Born
Place Died
Home Country
Subject Area
Overview
Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, archaeologist. Early on he encouraged the son of a family friend, Trenchard Cox, then a Cambridge student, to seriously consider art museum work (Cox later became a director of the V&A). He retired in 1924 and was succeeded by Eric Maclagan.
Sources
The Makers of Classical Archaeology: A Reference Work. New York: Humanity Books, 2000 pp. 141-42.