Henry Wellcome
By: Robert Rhodes James.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Wellcome, Henry S. -- Sir, -- 1853-1936.; Wellcome Trust (London, England); Wellcome Foundation Ltd.; Pharmacists -- Biography.; Philanthropists -- Biography.
Description: This biography of Henry Wellcome, the founder of the Wellcome Trust - the largest benefactor ever to British medical research - is a story of achievement and disappointment. He was born into poverty in 1853 and died in 1936 as a greatly honoured millionaire.
Notes: "A John Curtis Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.