| 词条 | Henry Walton Smith |
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Henry Walton Smith (1738–1792) was the founder of W H Smith, one of the United Kingdom's largest bookselling and newspaper vending businesses. CareerBrought up in Wrington in Somerset, Henry Walton Smith moved to London and became an assistant to Charles Rogers. In 1792, together with his wife Anna, he founded his news vending business in London.[1] He died only a few months later on 23 August 1792.[1] FamilyIn 1784 he married Anna Eastaugh, a servant girl, leading to the loss of his inheritance.[2] They went on to have two sons, Henry Edward Smith and William Henry Smith, and one daughter, Mary Anne Smith.[3] References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/about_whsmith/history_of_whsmith |title=History of WHSmith |website=WHSmith plc}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Henry Walton}}{{UK-business-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://en.azvision.az/news/57200/secrets-of-our-favorite-brands-revealed--top-secret.html|title=Secrets of our favorite brands revealed|date=21 January 2017|publisher=AZ Vision|accessdate=31 January 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/smithfamilybeing00read/smithfamilybeing00read_djvu.txt|title=The Smith family, being a popular account of most branches of the name--however spelt--from the fourteenth century downwards, with numerous pedigrees now published for the first time|publisher=Elliot Stock|year=1904|first=Compton |last=Reade}} 4 : 1738 births|1792 deaths|English businesspeople|People from Wrington |
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