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James Smithson
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James,
1765–1829,
English chemist and mineralogist.
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Smithson
(ˈsmɪθsən)
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n
James.
original name
James Lewes Macie.
1765--1829, English chemist and mineralogist, who left a bequest to found the Smithsonian Institution
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