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James Smithson FRS (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) was a British chemist and mineralogist. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the early 1800s as well as defining calamine, which would eventually be renamed after him as "smithsonite". He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also ...
James Smithson (Parigi, 1765 – Genova, 1829) è stato un mineralogista e chimico britannico, noto per aver lasciato un lascito testamentario agli Stati Uniti, che fu utilizzato per fondare lo Smithsonian Institution
The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. It was originally organized as the United States National Museum, but that name ceased to exist administratively in 1967.
Smithson was born in France in 1765. Named James Lewis Macie, he was the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson, who later became the first Duke of Northumberland, and Elizabeth Keate Hungerford Macie, a widow of royal blood.
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9 apr 2024 · James Smithson (born 1765, Paris, France—died June 27, 1829, Genoa [Italy]) was an English scientist who provided funds for the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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James Smithson (c. 1765-1829), founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, was born in 1765 in France with the name James Lewis Macie.
James Smithson (c. 1765–June 27, 1829), scientist and philanthropist, was born James Louis Macie in Paris, where his mother gave birth to him in secret. His father, Hugh Smithson, was the first Duke of Northumberland and one of the great patrons of the 18th century.
