{"id":436,"count":1,"description":"James Smith (1800-1873), Richard Beck (1827-1866)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, there were several opticians called \u201cJames Smith\u201d in London at the relevant time and it is not clear which of them was to become one of the most highly regarded microscope makers of his time.\r\n\r\nHe started by introducing microscope bodies for others until, in 1826, he was asked by Charles Tulley, another London optician, to develop a frame for an achromatic microscope for Joseph Jackson Lister (an influential microscopist who made major contributions to the development of objective lenses). Lister taught Smith how to grind lenses. In 1839, James Smith started his own microscope-making company.\r\n\r\nThe son of Lister\u2019s business partner, Richard Beck, became his apprentice and 1847 Smith and Beck became partners. The name of the company became Smith & Beck. In 1851, Richard\u2019s brother Joseph Beck also joined the company and in 1857, the company\u2019s name was changed to Smith, Beck & Beck.\r\n\r\nThanks to Lister, many of their clients were prominent scientists. It was James Smith who delivered the first \u00a0microscope to the \u201cMicroscopical Society of London\u201d (formerly the \u201cRoyal Microscopical Society\u201d). James Smith retired from the company in 1866, but appears to have continued making microscopes and lenses in partnership with his son, James John Smith.","link":"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/smith-en\/","name":"SMITH","slug":"smith-en","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSMITH Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/smith-en\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SMITH Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"James Smith (1800-1873), Richard Beck (1827-1866) Unfortunately, there were several opticians called \u201cJames Smith\u201d in London at the relevant time and it is not clear which of them was to become one of the most highly regarded microscope makers of his time. He started by introducing microscope bodies for others until, in 1826, he was asked by Charles Tulley, another London optician, to develop a frame for an achromatic microscope for Joseph Jackson Lister (an influential microscopist who made major contributions to the development of objective lenses). Lister taught Smith how to grind lenses. In 1839, James Smith started his own microscope-making company. The son of Lister\u2019s business partner, Richard Beck, became his apprentice and 1847 Smith and Beck became partners. The name of the company became Smith & Beck. In 1851, Richard\u2019s brother Joseph Beck also joined the company and in 1857, the company\u2019s name was changed to Smith, Beck & Beck. Thanks to Lister, many of their clients were prominent scientists. It was James Smith who delivered the first \u00a0microscope to the \u201cMicroscopical Society of London\u201d (formerly the \u201cRoyal Microscopical Society\u201d). 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