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In 1826, James Smithson, a British scientist, drew up his last will and testament, naming his nephew as beneficiary. ... After eight years of sometimes heated debate, an Act of Congress signed by President James K. Polk on Aug. 10, 1846, established the Smithsonian Institution as a trust to be administered by a Board...
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James Smithson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Smithson, F.R.S., M.A. (1765 – 27 June 1829) was a British mineralogist and chemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to the United States of America, which was used to initially fund...
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James Louis Macie Smithson, b. c.1765, d. June 27, 1829, was an English chemist and mineralogist who left a substantial sum in his will to found the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian Institution was finally established in 1846 as a scientific institution.
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James Smithson's Gift ... The Life of James Smithson ... James Smithson, illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson (later Duke of Northumberland) and Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie, is born under the James Lewis Macie...
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Englishman James Smithson's bequest to the people of the United States of America shows the power of a single gift. From one man's estate came the beginnings of the nation's largest museum complex, numerous research facilities, and a range of educational programs.
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James Smithson ; The Man Behind the Institutio ... While the institution named after James Smithson enjoys worldwide renown, we know little about the man who left $508,318 to the people of the United States to found such an institution.
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This exhibition highlights the life of James Smithson, the English scientist who bequeathed his fortune to the United States to establish an institution "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." The exhibition tells of the retrieval of the bequest from Great Britain, and describes the controversy this bequest...
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