Reginald Allender Smith

Reginald Allender Smith (1873 – 18 January 1940) was an archaeologist of Palaeolithic to late Anglo-Saxon materials.^[1] He was Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities at the British Museum from 1927-1938, and authored several books and British Museum catalogues.^[2][1]

Smith attended University College, Oxford. He was first appointed to a job at the British Museum in 1898, and was succeeded by T D Kendrick upon his retirement from the role of Keeper.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1903, serving as Vice President from 1926-1929 and as Director from 1929-1940.^[2][1]

He was on the side of the skeptics during the inquiry as to whether or not Piltdown man was genuine, known for having offered a single line of testimony concerning a "bone implement" purported to be a tool. He remarked simply, it was reported, on "the possibility of the bone having been found and in recent times."^[3]

Selected publications[]

• Smith, Reginald Allender (1907–1909). "Notes on Bronze Hanging-Bowls and Enamelled Mounts". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 2nd series. Society of Antiquaries. XXII: 63–86.
• . London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1922.
• . British Museum. Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, 1923. Reprinted: Ipswich, Suffolk: Anglia Pub., 1993.
• . London: British Museum, 1928.

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