Dr James Cameron Smail FRSE FRSGS PRSSA CBE LLD[1] (1880-1970) was a Scottish university Principal.
He was born in 1886 the son of Adam Smail, a bookseller and stationer in Bruntsfield, living at 18 Spittal Street in Tollcross, Edinburgh.
In 1911 he appears to live at 31 Brighton Road in Rathmines on the outskirts of Dublin.
In 1928 he became Principal of Heriot-Watt College and started a major expansion programme.
In 1951 he was made a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland.