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James Smithson

James Smithson (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) 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". He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name.

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Founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution
Alma mater
Pembroke College, Oxford
Born
Jacques-Louis Macie c. 1765 Paris, Kingdom of France
Burial place
Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D.C.
Died
27 June 1829(1829-06-27) (aged 63–64) Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia
Occupations
Chemist, mineralogist

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