22 Facts About Henry Wellcome

Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome was an American and British pharmaceutical entrepreneur.

Henry Wellcome left a large amount of capital for charitable work in his will, which was used to form the Wellcome Trust, one of the world's largest medical charities.

Henry Wellcome was a keen collector of medical artefacts which are now managed by the Science Museum, London, and a small selection of which are displayed at the Wellcome Collection.

Henry Wellcome had an early interest in medicine, particularly marketing.

Henry Wellcome had a strict religious upbringing, particularly with respect to the temperance movement.

Henry Wellcome's father was a strong member of the Second Adventist Church.

Burroughs and Henry Wellcome introduced direct marketing to doctors, giving them free samples.

In 1924, Henry Wellcome consolidated all his commercial and non-commercial activities in one holding company, The Henry Wellcome Foundation Ltd.

In 1901, Henry Wellcome married Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo, a daughter of orphanage founder Thomas John Barnardo.

Henry Wellcome was considered to be sickly at the time, and his parents were spending much time travelling.

Henry Wellcome sued for divorce in 1915, naming Maugham as co-respondent.

Henry Wellcome was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1932 Birthday Honours.

Henry Wellcome died of pneumonia in The London Clinic in 1936, aged 82, after an operation.

The Henry Wellcome Trust is one of the world's largest private biomedical charities.

In 2009, An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World, written by Frances Larson, was published by Oxford University Press, after both Wellcome's personal and business papers had been catalogued.

Newly started programmes by the Henry Wellcome Trust include the creation of research training programmes for physicians wishing to pursue careers in academic medicine, which the trust started in October 2010.

Henry Wellcome had a passion for collecting medically related artefacts, aiming to create a Museum of Man.

Henry Wellcome bought for his collection anything related to medicine, including Napoleon's toothbrush.

Henry Wellcome was a keen archaeologist, in particular digging for many years at Jebel Moya, Sudan, hiring 4000 people to excavate.

Henry Wellcome was one of the first investigators to use kite aerial photography on an archaeological site, with surviving images available in the Wellcome Library.

Henry Wellcome's collection is managed by the Science Museum, London, and has been in their care since 1976.

The Henry Wellcome Collection exhibited a number of objects from Henry Wellcome's collection in "Medicine Man", from 2007 to 2022.