What is Cecil Woodham-Smith?
'''Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith''' (''née'' '''Fitzgerald'''; 29 April 1896 – 16 March 1977) was a [[British people|British]] [[historian]]. She wrote ''The Great Hunger'' about the history of the [[Great Famine|Potato Famine]] in [[Ireland]]. She was critical of the British government's handling of the famine in the book. She was particularly critical of [[Charles Edward Trevelyan]], the man who ran the British government's relief effort in Ireland, and accused him of having anti-Irish racial sentiments. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodham-Smith, Cecil}} [[Category:British historians]] [[Category:1896 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]]