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Every man is a valuable member of society, who, by his observations, researches, and experiments, procures knowledge for men.

James Smithson

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James Smithson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1765
Born: January 1
Died: 1829
Died: June 27
Chemist
Mineralogist
Paris
France
Jacques-Louis Macie
James Louis Macie
Smithson J
James Lewis Smithson
James Lewis Smithson [formerly Macie]
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Valuable
Research
Members
Procures
Knowledge
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Society
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