Smithson

[ smith-suhn ]

noun

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

Smithson

/ ˈsmɪθsən /

noun

1. SmithsonJames17651829MEnglishSCIENCE: chemistSCIENCE: mineralogist James. original name James Lewes Macie. 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist, who left a bequest to found the Smithsonian Institution

Example Sentences

And Ralph Lauren received the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Pic: Robert Smithson found spirals before his "Jetty".

From The Daily Beast

The mask also points to how early Smithson came to the main motif of his most famous work, the “Spiral Jetty” earthwork from 1970.

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This is an untitled piece known as “Spiral Mask,” finished in 1961 by the great land artist Robert Smithson.

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Andrew Jackson shipped an aide over to London to negotiate the transfer of the Smithson estate.

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Not know Smithson, the prince of tailors, the tailor par excellence!

From Project Gutenberg

She and Mr. Smithson were coming for some papers contained in the bureau.

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Mr. Smithson just looked at the letters, and went on with the old subject.

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If her ladyship thought by this speech to quench Mr. Smithson she was mistaken.

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Smithson Junior (as the homily ends and the real business is about to start): "Please, sir, is it sterilized?"

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