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William Henry Smith, FRS (24 June 1825 – 6 October 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations.
Beginning in 1792 as a single shop in London selling newspapers, the firm begun by William Henry Smith has grown today into a corporation embracing a host - Great British Icons, Victorian Era.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, commonly known as ‘Public Spirited Smith’ or ‘P.P.S.’, was one of the key figures in the development of the foreign settlement in Yokohama in the 1860s and early 1870s. He was involved in nearly every major important initiative in the town.
11 de nov. de 1998 · Seeing the potential of the new technology, William Henry Smith opened his first railway bookstall on 1 November 1848.
William Henry Smith. (1825-1891), Newsagent and politician, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 27 portraits. At the age of twenty-one he became a partner in his father's newsagent business.
24 de jul. de 2023 · This is a lively two-volume biography, first published in 1893, of the influential Victorian businessman and politician W. H. Smith (1825–1891), whose father and uncle established the well-known stationery and bookselling business.
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