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Henry Wellcome

by Robert Rhodes James

Biography & MemoirHistorical FictionNon-Fiction

1994

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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