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John Smithson (born March 1952) is a British film and television producer. Family. John's brother is the political blogger Mike Smithson . Together with David Darlow he co-founded the production company Darlow Smithson Productions in 1988. In June 2002 Smithson acquired full control and bought out Darlow's 50% stake. [1] .
Smithsonian Institution General History. Smithson died in 1829, and six years later, President Andrew Jackson announced the bequest to Congress. On July 1, 1836, Congress accepted the legacy bequeathed to the nation and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust.
James Smithson FRS (c. 1765 [1] – 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 ".
The illegitimate son of Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie and Hugh Smithson, 1st Duke of Northumberland, he changed his name as well as his citizenship, becoming a naturalized British citizen around the age of ten. After his parents' death, he became known as James Smithson rather than James Macie.
Jun 7, 2016 · Uncover the history of the crypt of the Smithsonian’s founder John Smithson and the journey of his crypt and bones to Washington, DC. ...more.
Presumably born in Paris in 1765, Smithson was the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Macie, a 33-year-old English heiress, and the Duke of Northumberland, one of the wealthiest men in England. An ...
Feb 27, 2011 · When John Smithson set his mind to making a feature film about the mountain climber Aron Ralston’s horrific experience of being trapped in a canyon and having to cut his arm off to...
The Smithsonian Institution ( / smɪθˈsoʊniən / smith-SOH-nee-ən ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.
Aug 4, 2024 · Smithsonian Institution, research institution founded by the bequest of James Smithson, an English scientist who had stipulated in his will that if his heir died without issue, his remaining assets should be given to the United States for the ‘increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.’
