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In full:
Richard Harold Smith
Born:
March 18, 1944, Roseville, New South Wales, Australia (age 80)
Founder:
“Australian Geographic”
Awards And Honors:
Australian of the Year (1986)
Notable Works:
“The Australian Encyclopaedia”
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Dick Smith (born March 18, 1944, Roseville, New South Wales, Australia) Australian aviator, filmmaker, explorer, businessman, and publisher, renowned for his aviation exploits. Smith had limited formal education at public schools and a technical high school, but his inventiveness and curiosity soon turned him into one of the signal success and survival stories in modern Australia. His remarkable entrepreneurial skills first appeared when he founded Dick Smith Electronics in 1968. By the time he sold the firm in 1982, Smith was a household name and his firm was a market leader in selling small electronic items, from calculators to computers. ...(100 of 453 words)

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