Vincent Arthur Smith

Vincent Arthur Smith, CIE, (3 June 1843 – 6 February 1920) was an Irish Indologist, historian, member of the Indian Civil Service, and curator. He was one of the prominent figures in Indian historiography during the British Raj.

For other people named Vincent Smith, see Vincent Smith.

Vincent Arthur Smith
The Early History of India by Vincent Arthur Smith, 1914
Born(1843-06-03)3 June 1843
Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died6 February 1920(1920-02-06) (aged 76)
Oxford
Occupation(s)Indologist, art historian

In the 1890s, he was key to exposing the forgeries of Alois Anton Führer, then working for the Archaeological Survey of India, who Smith caught in the act of making fake inscriptions.

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