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![James Smithson (c. 1765 – 1829) studied at Pembroke College. He founded the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in his will, but never visited America.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/UK-2014-Oxford-Pembroke_College_03.jpg/300px-UK-2014-Oxford-Pembroke_College_03.jpg)
James Smithson (c. 1765 – 1829) studied at Pembroke College. He founded the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in his will, but never visited America.