About John K. Smith
John K. Smith was an American businessperson.
John K. Smith (c. 1805–1845) was an American pharmacist and businessman. He founded the pharmaceutical company John K. Smith & Co., which became a part of Smith, Kline and French and GlaxoSmithKline.
Smith trained as a druggist, and joined his brother-in-law, John Gilbert, in 1830 to open a dispensing chemist at 296 North Second Street in Philadelphia. Together they sold drugs, paints, varnish, chemicals and window glass.
John K. Smith died in 1845
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