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Wellcome Collection.(Report from Europe)(Sir Henry Wellcome)(Brief article)
Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), who was born in Wisconsin, moved to England in 1880 to form a partnership with a former schoolmate, Silas Mainville Burroughs. Together they established a hugely successful pharmaceutical company. Pursuing his interests in medicine and medical history, ethnography, and anthropology, Wellcome became an avid collector and philanthropist in these areas, and in 1932 commissioned a building in central London to house the majority of his collections.
The Wellcome Collection has just moved to a new site, which has undergone a [pounds sterling]30 million renovation and reopens as the Wellcome Building ...
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