Facts: - death date: 06 february 1920 - birth date: 03 june 1848 - name: vincent arthur smith - death place: oxford - birth place: dublin , united kingdom of great britain and ireland - occupation: indologist , art historian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vincent arthur smith .
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vincent arthur smith , , -lrb- 1848 -- 1920 -rrb- was a british indologist and art historian .smith was born in dublin on june 3 , 1848 which was then part of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland .he worked in the indian civil service between 1871 -- 1900 .he was elected a foundation scholar of trinity college , dublin , where he also served as president of the university philosophical society in 1868-69 .he also wrote books on various rulers , such as the buddhist ruler ashoka the great and mughal emperor akbar the great , and a history of fine arts in india and ceylon .smith was honoured with the award of companion of the order of the indian empire .