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Dec 02, · James Smithson never set foot in America during his lifetime. It’s a mystery why the gentleman-scientist, who died in 1829, decided to leave $500,000 to a country he’d never visited.
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Jan 10, · James Smithson died June 26, 1829, and, six years later, so did his childless nephew. America, therefore, was to be the beneficiary of about $500,000 inherited …
The nomadic Mr Smithson is coming home | The Times
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Founded by an illegitimate Brit who never saw America, the world’s greatest museum collection is heading to London
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Jun 27, · James Smithson, F.R.S., M.A. (1764 – 27 June 1829) was a British mineralogist and chemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to the United …
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