January
May 26 James Smithson Graduates from Oxford University
Year:
1786
Month:
may
Day:
26
Date:
Fri, 1786-05-26
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James Smithson (1765-1829) graduates from Pembroke College, Oxford University, with the degree of Master of Arts, where he excelled at chemistry and mineralogy. His name has not yet been changed from James Lewis Macie, which he continues to use until about 1800.