Iain Robertson Smith (16 July 1939 - 7 December 2021) was emeritus reader in history at the University of Warwick.
Smith was a member of Council of The Historical Association from 1980 to 1995 and editor of the New Appreciations in History series.
His book on The origins of the South African War, 1899–1902 (1996) was welcomed in Afrikaans circles but criticised by some English speaking scholars as too limited in scope.
Kobus du Pisani in H-Net praised it for its "old-fashioned approach, maintaining a strong narrative line" but also criticised the book as "one-sided" and for failing to examine contemporary Boer sources.
[3] Smith contributed to a reappraisal of the Siege of Mafeking and was researching the concentration or internment camps, established for Boer and Black civilians in South Africa by the British.