James Smith of Deanston

(1789-1850)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smith, James, 1789-1850 DNB: Smith, James, of Deanston (1789–1850), textile industrialist and agricultural engineer LBT ID: JaSmith1850 VIAF ID: 48324192 LOC ID: n88175991	B/BAP: 1789-01-03 DIED: 1850-06-10
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish textile manufacturer who built model industrial villages and invented an agricultural drainage system.
REFERENCES TO James Smith of Deanston: John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 13 September 1843 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 18: 1837-43