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William Henry Smith, FRS (24 June 1825 – 6 October 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations.
William Henry Smith (7 July 1792 – 28 July 1865) was an English entrepreneur whose business included both newsagents and book shops. He was born at Little Thurlow, Suffolk, but ran his business in London, where he died. The family business evolved into the chain W H Smith.
WH Smith PLC, trading as WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son), is a British retailer, with headquarters in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of high street, railway station, airport, port, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, entertainment products and confectionery.
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It is usually not adequate to rely on consent from a teacher, a non-custodial parent or other family member, e.g. grandparent. If in doubt, ask a child how old they are and get confirmation if you ...
The Retail Book Association is a trade union in the United Kingdom, representing workers at WHSmith. The union was founded in 1919 as the Retail Book, Stationery and Allied Trades Employees' Association. Its membership has always been around 2,000, and the majority of its members always worked for W. H. Smith, although at times it has included ...
Here's a breakdown of each book and why Smith said she chose them. An “obvious choice” Smith said “Night” by Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel, which sat ...
The WH Smith Literary Award was an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer W H Smith to "encourage and bring international esteem to authors of the British Commonwealth". Originally open to all residents of the UK , the Commonwealth and Ireland , it later admitted foreign works in translation and works by US authors.