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Henry Wellcome

Robert Rhodes James

1994422 pagesabout 6–10 hours
1994
first published
  • 1994Hoder & Stoughton · 422 pages · ENGISBN 9780340606179

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.

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