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John Smithson (* 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] .
James Smithson FRS (c. 1765 [1] – 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". He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name.
The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
The documentary is described by John Smithson, who produced and directed it, as 'a way of examining the bigger picture through the experience of one family'....
Feb 27, 2011 · When John Smithson set his mind to making a feature film about the mountain climber Aron Ralston’s horrific experience of being trapped in a canyon and having to cut his arm off to...
Learn about the life and legacy of James Smithson, a French-born chemist and mineralogist who left his fortune to found a scientific institution in the United States. Explore his will, his recipes, and the history of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Smithsonian Institution ( / smɪθˈsoʊniən / smith-SOH-nee-ən ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
