Henry Walton Smith
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Henry Walton Smith (1738 – 23 August 1792) was an Englishman who was the founder of W. H. Smith, one of the United Kingdom's largest bookselling and newspaper vending businesses.
Brought up in Wrington in Somerset, Henry Walton Smith moved to London and became a personal assistant to Charles Rogers, an English customs official and art collector.[1]
In 1792, together with his wife Anna, he founded his news vending business in London.[2]
He died only a few months later[2] on 23 August 1792.
