Roandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith (3 May 1859 – 1916) was an English barrister and antiquary. He is best known as the author of Greece under King George (1893), a work that was once considered a standard reference on 19th century Greek history.
Early life Roandeau 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.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)
Career Bickford-Smith became a member of the Inner Temple in 1882 and was called to the bar in 1886.
His 1893 book, Greece under King George was translated into Greek in 1993.
He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Family In 1891, Bickford-Smith married Caroline Louise Marianne Skinner (1873–1936). They had three children, John Allan, William Nugent Venning and Aubrey Luis.
Death Bickford-Smith died in 1916.
Selected publications Greece under King George. R. Bentley, London, 1893.
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External links
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