Robert Smith (professor)

Robert Smith
Robert Smith
Born	31 January 1919
Died	29 November 2009 (aged 90); London, England
Academic work
Discipline	History

Robert Sidney Smith (31 January 1919 – 29 November 2009 in London, England) was an expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and was a senior lecturer and then professor of history at the universities of Lagos, Ife and Ibadan.^[1] He was born on 31 January 1919. For many years, he lived near Kew Gardens in London and died in London on 29 November 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Smith studied and taught at the Institute of African Studies in the University of Ibadan in Nigeria from its foundation in 1962.^[2]^{[page needed]}

Smith authored the following books:

Kingdoms of the Yoruba (published by Methuen 1969)^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
The Lagos Consulate (published by Macmillan)
Warfare and Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West Africa (published by University of Wisconsin Press)

A festschrift was published in his honour Falola, Toyin & Law, Robin (eds.) (1992) Warfare and diplomacy in precolonial Nigeria: Essays in honor of Robert Smith, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin.

References

^ There is a brief publishers biographical note on the rear cover of Smith, Robert Sydney (1989) Warfare & diplomacy in pre-colonial West Africa, Univ of Wisconsin Press
^ Kingdoms of the Yoruba (published by Methuen 1969)
^ Jones, D. H., & Smith, R. (1 January 1972). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 35, 1, 211
^ Newbury, C., (1 January 1970). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Journal of African History, 11, 1, 162.
^ L, R. C. C., (1 January 1977). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Journal of African History, 18, 2, 317.
^ Agiri, B., (1 January 1989). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Journal of African History, 30, 2, 357.
^ McCall, D., (1 August 1971). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. American Anthropologist, 73, 4, 962–963.
^ Peel, J. D. Y., (1 January 1970). Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 40, 1.)

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[1] There is a brief publishers biographical note on the rear cover of Smith, Robert Sydney (1989) Warfare & diplomacy in pre-colonial West Africa, Univ of Wisconsin Press

[2] Kingdoms of the Yoruba (published by Methuen 1969)

[3] Jones, D. H., & Smith, R. (1 January 1972). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 35, 1, 211

[4] Newbury, C., (1 January 1970). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Journal of African History, 11, 1, 162.

[5] L, R. C. C., (1 January 1977). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Journal of African History, 18, 2, 317.

[6] Agiri, B., (1 January 1989). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Journal of African History, 30, 2, 357.

[7] McCall, D., (1 August 1971). Review of Kingdoms of the Yoruba. American Anthropologist, 73, 4, 962–963.

[8] Peel, J. D. Y., (1 January 1970). Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 40, 1.)

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