I'm sure he had other interesting qualities other than being a snob, and I'm not putting down his other contributions, not being familiar with them myself. But

I'm sure he had other interesting qualities other than being a snob, and I'm not putting down his other contributions, not being familiar with them myself. But I don't think classifying him as a snob based on that sample is unfair. It's the difference between "I don't like this work" and "people who like this work are wrong".