biography
| name: |
Smith, William Henry
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1792–1865)
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| biography:
| British newsagent. He entered the newsagent's business of his father in the Strand, London (1812), and aided by his brother, Henry Edward, expanded it into the largest in Britain by making extensive use of railways and fast carts for country deliveries. The business later went to his son. |
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