James Cowan Smith British Philanthropist
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1842
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| Died |
April, 1919
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Engineer, philanthropist
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| Occupation |
Philanthropist
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James Cowan Smith (c. 1843 – April 1919) was a British civil engineer and philanthropist. He lived in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire and was director of a railway company. In his last will and testament he left a bequest of more than £55,000 (£3,200,000 in 2023) to the National Gallery of Scotland to be used to expand its collections. The fund has since purchased more than 40 works of art, produced by some of the world's most famous artists. An unusual condition of the bequest was that a portrait of his dog, a Dandie Dinmont terrier named Callum, was to be on permanent display at the gallery. The gallery has honoured this request ever since.
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