Ronald Vivian Smith

{{Short description|Indian news reporter}}

Ronald Vivian Smith (1938 - 30 April 2020) was an Indian news reporter and author of several books on Delhi, including Lingering Charm of Delhi: Myth, Lore and History and Delhi: Unknown tales of a city.{{cite news |title=R.V. Smith, renowned chronicler of Delhi passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/r-v-smith-renowned-chronicler-of-delhi-passes-away/articleshow/75468276.cms |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=30 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522060400/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/r-v-smith-renowned-chronicler-of-delhi-passes-away/articleshow/75468276.cms |archive-date=22 May 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Ronald Vivian |title=The Delhi that No-one Knows |date=2005 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=Bangalore |isbn=81-8028-020-9 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cN7-8ZwviRgC&pg=PR7 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Kapoor |first1=Sanjay |title=Remembering R.V. Smith, the Chronicler of Delhi |url=https://thewire.in/media/rv-smith-obituary |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=The Wire |date=30 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522061004/https://thewire.in/media/rv-smith-obituary |archive-date=22 May 2023}}