James Smithson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 195 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 5,1765 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Paris |
| France | |
| Date of died | June 27,1829 |
| Died | Genoa |
| Italy | |
| Nationality | British |
| Buried | Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D. C. , United States |
| Burial place | Smithsonian Castle |
| Washington, D. C. | |
| Parents | Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland |
| Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie | |
| Job | Chemist |
| mineralogist | |
| Education | Pembroke College |
| University of Oxford | |
| Place of burial | Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D.C., United States |
| Known for | Founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution |
| Books | The Scientific Writings of James Smithson |
| A Chemical Analysis of Some Calamines | |
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| ID | 634228 |
James Smithson Life story
James Smithson FRS 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".
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