Smithson

[smith-suhn]

noun

1. James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.

Smithson

/ ˈsmɪθsən /

noun

1. James. original name James Lewes Macie. 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist, who left a bequest to found the Smithsonian Institution

Example Sentences

British scientist James Smithson’s bequest was intended to support “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

From Salon

One room in the show includes mock-ups of classic sculptures — imitations — by Marcel Duchamp, Dan Flavin, Robert Smithson and Jeff Koons, which Davis made for an exhibition to reference the classic 1959 Douglas Sirk movie about racial identity, “Imitation of Life.”

From Los Angeles Times

Det Ch Supt Neil Smithson's statement also acknowledged that Lorraine's experience with the Met's Professional Standards had been "prolonged and difficult, which has compounded her distress".

From BBC

In a statement issued to the BBC, Det Supt Smithson said he had corresponded with Lorraine on a number of occasions.

From BBC

It’s now celebrated for bridging Light and Space art — like the perceptual experiments of Robert Irwin — and the Earthwork movement, which was, for too long, defined by male artists of the 1960s and ’70s such as Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson, who used heavy machinery like bulldozers to transform — some say scar — the land.

From New York Times