Jacques-Louis Macie

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British scientist chemist human mineralogist philanthropist

Jacques-Louis Macie, later known as James Smithson, was the British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest led to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.

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Jacques-Louis Macie canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British scientist ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
mineralogist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs James Smithson ⓘ
bequestAdministeredBy United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Congress
bequestPurpose increase and diffusion of knowledge among men ⓘ
bequestTo United States of America ⓘ
birthNameOf James Smithson ⓘ
burialPlace Smithsonian Institution Building ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
causeOfDeath unknown ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currencyOfBequest Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: British pounds
dateOfBirth 1765-00-00 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1829-06-27 ⓘ
dateOfNameChange 1807-00-00 ⓘ
educatedAt Pembroke College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
father Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ
hasEponym Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
smithsonite ⓘ
hasNameChange changed surname from Macie to Smithson ⓘ
influenced founding of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
knownFor philanthropic bequest to the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
livedIn England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor bequest that founded the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
notableWork research on mineral calamine (smithsonite) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Genoa ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
willBeneficiary United States of America ⓘ
willWrittenIn Paris ⓘ
workLocation Europe ⓘ

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James Smithson → birthName → Jacques-Louis Macie ⓘ
James Smithson → alsoKnownAs → Jacques-Louis Macie ⓘ