Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Born 11 September 1859
Died 27 March 1944
Active: 1879 - 1924
Country of birth and death: England
Museum director, curator, archaeologist
Various roles within the department of Greek and Roman antiquities in the British Museum (1879-1909) including Keeper. Then appointed Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (1909-24) where he stayed till his retirement.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Speaker at The Use of Colour in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1890
Institutional and Business Connections
Director of Victoria and Albert Museum
1909 - 1924
Employed at British Museum
1879 - 1909
Curator and then Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities from 1904
Member of Art Workers Guild
1915 - 1925
Resigned 1925.
Citing this record
'Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1213360839, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
