Death of James Smithson
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James Smithson dies in Genoa, Italy. He is buried in the Protestant cemetery, about a mile west of Genoa, on a high elevation overlooking the town of Sampierdarena.
Subject
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Category
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes
- Goode and Rhees give this date. Oehser says he died on June 26 (p. 15). An article in the 1879 Annual Report, dated Oct. 1829, and quoting from "Gentleman's Magazine," (p. 193) describes his death as taking place in the south of France. Adjoining p. 11 of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. XXI, is an engraving of the monument on Smithson's grave, done from a photograph taken in 1880.
- Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897., p. 22-23, 833
- Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1879, p. 193
- Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 15
- Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901., p. 13
- Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 21, p. p. 11
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
June 27, 1829
Topic
- Sampierdarena, Italy
- Deaths
- Major Events in Smithsonian History
Place
Genoa (Italy)