Events: detail
Sir Henry Wellcome: his life and work
- Hosted by:
- Wellcome Collection
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- August 02, 2007 at 04:00 pm
- Ends:
- August 02, 2007 at 05:00 pm
- Location:
- Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
A Wellcome Library tour
A pioneering businessman, voracious collector and benevolent philanthropist, Sir Henry Wellcome was one of the most fascinating – yet undervalued – figures of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.
Using examples from Wellcome’s personal papers and the Library based on his collection, we’ll examine the life of a man born in the Wild West of America who died a part of the British establishment: how his modern marketing techniques expanded his pharmaceutical business into a multinational company and how his personal profits amassed an astonishing collection of items relating to the history of medicine from around the world.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Contact person:
- Wellcome Collection
- Email:
- events [ at ] wellcomecollection.org
- Website:
- Sir Henry Wellcome: his life and work
