Robert Smith (Farfesa)
Robert Sidney Smith (31Janairu 1919–29 Nuwamba 2009 a Landan,Ingila) kwararre ne kan tarihin kabilar Yarbawa ta Najeriya kuma babban malami ne sannan kuma Farfesa a fannin tarihi a jami’o’in Legas,Ife da Ibadan. An haife shi a ranar 31 ga Janairun 1919.Shekaru da yawa,ya zauna kusa da Kew Gardens a London kuma ya mutu a Landan a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba 2009.

Smith ya yi karatu kuma ya koyar a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka da ke Jami'ar Ibadan a Najeriya tun daga kafuwarta a shekarar 1962. 

Smith ya rubuta littattafai masu zuwa:

 Masarautun Yarbawa (wanda Methuen ya buga 1969)      
 Ofishin Jakadancin Legas ( Macmillan ne ya buga)
 Yaki da Diflomasiya a Afirka ta Yamma kafin mulkin mallaka (Jami'ar Wisconsin Press ta buga)

An buga festschrift a cikin girmamawarsa Falola,Toyin & Law,Robin (eds.) (1992) Yaƙe-yaƙe da diflomasiyya a cikin precolonial Nigeria:Essays don girmama Robert Smith,Madison,WI: Jami'ar Wisconsin.
Mutuwan 2009
Haihuwan 1919