Erasmus Smith
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title:
Erasmus Smith
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Erasmus Smith (1611–1691) was an English merchant and a landowner with possessions in England and Ireland. Having acquired significant wealth through trade and land transactions, he became a philanthropist in the sphere of education, treading a path between idealism and self-interest during a period of political and religious turbulence. His true motivations remain unclear. Smith's family owned manors in Leicestershire and held Protestant beliefs. He became a merchant, supplying provisions to th
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English philanthropist, merchant and landowner
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Smith
date created:
2011-10-13T20:00:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T03:38:03Z
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