James Smithson
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James Smithson 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 rena
James Smithson by Henri-Joseph Johns, 1816
A young James Louis Macie, dressed in Oxford regalia, by James Roberts, c. 1786
Smithsonite, which was named after Smithson
Smithson's crypt in Washington
The Smithsonian Institution Building, more commonly known as the Smithsonian Castle or simply The Castle, is a building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., housing the Smithsonian Institution's
James Smithson
…Regents acquired a portrait of Smithson dressed in Oxford University student attire, painted by James Roberts, that is now on display in the crypt at the Smithsonian Castle. An additional portrait, a miniature, and the original draft of Smithson's will were acquired in 1877; they now reside in the National Portrait Gallery…
Main façade of the Smithsonian Building
View facing northeast, 1864
A statue of Joseph Henry displayed in front of the building
East entrance to the building