William Hanneford-Smith
William Hanneford-Smith FRSE AMICE ARIBA was a 20th century British engineer and publisher.Life
He was born in 1878 the son of Francis Smith.
He started working for B. T. Batsford Publishers in London in 1893 aged 15.
He trained as an engineer but instead went back into publishing, and is remembered for his connections to B. T. Batsford where he rose to be Director of the company. He lived most of his life at 1 The Avenue, Gravesend.
In 1923 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Edward Aloysius Steggall, Brysson Cunningham, George Forbes, William R. Hodgkinson and Sir James Dewar.
He died at home, 6 Lennox Avenue in Gravesend on 7 May 1954 aged 76.Publications
