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English: Signature of James Smithson, prime donor for the Smithsonian Institution
Date published 1900
Source Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, 1900, v. 5, p. 597
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James Smithson  (1765–1829)  wikidata:Q900947 s:en:Author:James Smithson
 
James Smithson
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Birth name: James Lewis Macie
Description British chemist and geologist
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 27 June 1829 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris, France Genoa, Italy
Work period from 1784
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