Smithson
[ smith-suhn ]
/ ˈsmɪθ sən /
noun
James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
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How to use Smithson in a sentence
And Ralph Lauren received the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal.
The Daily Pic: Robert Smithson found spirals before his "Jetty".
The mask also points to how early Smithson came to the main motif of his most famous work, the “Spiral Jetty” earthwork from 1970.
This is an untitled piece known as “Spiral Mask,” finished in 1961 by the great land artist Robert Smithson.
Andrew Jackson shipped an aide over to London to negotiate the transfer of the Smithson estate.
Not know Smithson, the prince of tailors, the tailor par excellence!
She and Mr. Smithson were coming for some papers contained in the bureau.
Mr. Smithson just looked at the letters, and went on with the old subject.
If her ladyship thought by this speech to quench Mr. Smithson she was mistaken.
Smithson Junior (as the homily ends and the real business is about to start): "Please, sir, is it sterilized?"
British Dictionary definitions for Smithson
noun
James. original name James Lewes Macie. 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist, who left a bequest to found the Smithsonian Institution
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