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James Smithson and the Founding of the Smithsonian

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Audience/Grade: High School Junior - College Senior
Discipline(s): General Engineering, Engineering Science
Special Topic(s): History of Technology
Learning Resource Type: Reference - Article/Document
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): Smithsonian Institute Archives
Description: "James Smithson(c. 1765-27 June 1829), scientist and philanthropist, was born James Lewis Macie, probably in France, the illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson, later the first Duke of Northumberland, and Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie, a wealthy widow from Weston, England."
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Keywords: Smithsonian Institution, history of technology
Is Component of Smithsonian Institution's Archives
   
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Use of Resource: History of technology
Difficulty: Very Easy
Interactivity Level: Very Low

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://siarchives.si.edu/history/main_founding.html
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS