James Smithson

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person philanthropist scientist

James Smithson was a British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest funded the creation of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.

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James Smithson canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jacques-Louis Macie ⓘ
James Lewis Macie ⓘ
bequestPurpose increase and diffusion of knowledge among men ⓘ
bequestTo United States of America ⓘ
birthName Jacques-Louis Macie ⓘ
burialPlace Smithsonian Institution Building ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
causeOfDeath unknown ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy Smithsonian Institution Building ⓘ
statue of James Smithson at the Smithsonian ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1765-00-00 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1829-06-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Pembroke College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasHeritage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
illegitimateChildOf Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
influenced creation of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
knownFor bequest that founded the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
research on minerals and chemistry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legacy Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name James Smithson self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork chemical analyses of minerals ⓘ
research on calamine and zinc ores ⓘ
occupation chemist ⓘ
mineralogist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
parent Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie ⓘ
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Genoa ⓘ
placeOfSignificantActivity Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Smithsonian Institution → foundedBy → James Smithson ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution → namedAfter → James Smithson ⓘ
James Smithson → name → James Smithson self-link ⓘ
Pembroke College, Oxford → hasAlumnus → James Smithson ⓘ
Jacques-Louis Macie → birthNameOf → James Smithson ⓘ
Jacques-Louis Macie → alsoKnownAs → James Smithson ⓘ
Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie → child → James Smithson ⓘ
Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie → motherOf → James Smithson ⓘ
Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie → relative → James Smithson ⓘ
James Lewis Macie → alsoKnownAs → James Smithson ⓘ
James Lewis Macie → signature → James Smithson ⓘ