Cecil Raymond Julian Humphery-Smith, OBE FSA FHS FRHSC (born 29 October 1928) is a British genealogist and heraldist. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College. It was Humphery-Smith who brought the concept of family history to the world of genealogy with his 1957 lecture "Introducing Family History." In 1961, he founded the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Canterbury and has edited its journal, FAMILY HISTORY since 1962. In 2008 Humphery-Smith was awarded an honorary Fellowship of Canterbury Christ Church University.
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29 October 1928
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Died |
12 January 2021 (aged 92)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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