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William Smith (businessman)
William Smith (September 2, 1818–February 6, 1912) was an American businessman. Born in Canterbury, England, he set up a successful nursery business in Geneva, New York with his brothers in the mid 19th century. He also organised the Standard Optical Company in 1883 and was director of the First National Bank of Geneva.
==Astronomy==
Smith, like many wealthy people of the period, had an interest in astronomy and astrology. He had an observatory built behind his mansion in Geneva. He later commisoned the Smith Observatory, with a dome built by the Warner & Swasey Company, and persuaded William Robert Brooks, a prolific comet-finder, to direct it, attracting him with the state-of-the-art observatory and a house built for Brooks and his family. Smith also promoted free lectures given by Brooks.〔
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