Jemina Durning Smith
Jemina Durning Smith | |
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| Born | 1843 |
| Died | 1901 (aged 57–58) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
Jemina Durning Smith (1843–1901) was a British philanthropist.
She was the daughter of the Manchester cotton merchant, John Benjamin Smith, who in 1835 becoming the founding chairman of the Anti-Corn Law League, and his wife Jemina Durning, who was an heiress from Liverpool.
She paid for the Durning Library, a Grade II listed library at 167 Kennington Lane, Kennington, London SE11, designed by Sidney R. J. Smith, in the Gothic Revival style.
She never married.