James Smithson: English chemist whose bequest founded the Smithsonian Institution, 1765 to 1829.
James Smithson · The source reads: “To found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” · The bequest with which the Smithsonian Institution was founded
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