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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.
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.
James Smithson FRS (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 ".
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 ...
A new biography depicts benefactor James Smithson as an exuberant, progressive man enamored of science. Smithson (in 1816 portrait) was viewed as a dejected recluse. Smithsonian Institution ...
Smithson died in 1829, at approximately 64 years old while living in Genoa, Italy. His will was printed in the Times of London, and the exceptional potential windfall for the United States caught the eye of an American editor and was reprinted in The New York American.
Jul 19, 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.’
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.
