Born Wisconsin, USA, moved to London in 1880 for business reasons. Pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation. His collection of books & artefacts relating to the history of medicine & pharmacy became, in 1913, the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in London.
What, we wonder, prompted Mr Wellcome to become a pharmacist and to collect items relating to bringing wellness to people? Could it be a case of nominative determinism?
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Henry Wellcome
English Heritage Sir Henry Wellcome, 1853 - 1936, pharmacist, founder of the...
Born London Married Lord Max Rayne as his second wife in 1965. Max had made a fortune in the post-war reconstruction boom and set up the charitable Rayne Foundation primarily working in the arts. H...
At Annual report of the Royal Northern Hospital : 1946, in a "SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS" we found reference to "Capt. Ifor Williams’ Endowment Fund". Possibly the son of the Welsh scholar Sir Ifor ...
Daughter of the Scots Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall (1794 – 1858) and wife, then widow, to the Irish Richard Charteris (1822 – 1874). She was the eldest daughter and heir to her father. Th...
"a few freemasons of the Eastern District of London" in 1911.
