![Journalist, novelist, poet, historical researcher, and Delhi's master chronicler, Ronald Vivian Smith, passed away R V Smith](https://focusmerit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RV-Smith-300x258.jpg)
- One of the eminent historian and author Ronald Vivian Smith , also known as RV Smith passed away at the age of 82. He was born in Agra.
- His mains interests were history, antiquity, Egyptology, mysticism and the occult.He was a recipient of the Canon Holland Prize and the Rotary Award for general knowledge and the journalism award from the Michael Madhusudan Academy in Kolkata (1997-1998)