Sir Henry Wellcome

Timothy Wellcome’s four sons. Jacob, Isaac, Michael, and Solomon Solomon (Henry S. Wellcome’s father), Michael and Isaac all become ministers of religion, while Jacob qualified in medicine.	Mary Curtis Wellcome (1812-1897) The mother of Henry S. Wellcome. Her life was an ardouous one contending with poverty and frontier conditions. Her fine character, Affection and influence on her sons is clearly apparent in her letters.
Solomon Cummings Wellcome (1827-1876)  The father of Henry S. Wellcome. The son of Timothy Wellcome, He was born in Freeman, Maine, and died in Monticello, Minnesota.  In the early part of his life      he was a farmer, but from 1870 onwards Devoted himself entirely to preaching and holding services in frontier settlements.	Dr. J.W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906) Jacob Wellcome had an Important Influence on his young nephew, Henry, and to the end of his career Sir Henry never tired of praising The skill, courage and endurance of his uncle in his work amongst The early settlers of the Middle West.
A family group in 1869. Solomon and Mary Wellcome with their two sons, Henry S. and George T. Wellcome.	Henry S. Welcome’s Home during part of his boyhood. The house at Garden City where the family lived for several years. In 1866 Solomon C. Wellcome took over the drug store at Garden City.  That had been started by his brother, Dr. J.B. W. Wellcome, to supply the needs of a frontier community. It was here Henry Wellcome from about the age of thirteen began to gain his First experience of pharmacy. He was enthusiastic from the start, And his uncle encouraged him by lending him scientific books and Giving him some practical instruction. He was fortunate also in that An English chemist settled in Garden City an gave him lessons in Chemistry and pharmacy, and from whom he derived a good deal of information concerning British scientific institutions, museums and libraries.
Henry S. Wellcome at the age of eleven.	Henry S. Wellcome in 1869.  A youth of sixteen beginning his career.
Henry S. Wellcome in 1878.  A photograph taken during the period when he was working in New York, and two year before he came to London.	Henry S. Wellcome during his journey through Central America in 1879, with J. Baiz his guide and interpreter.
Henry S. Wellcome. C. 1895.	Gwendonline Maud Syrie, wife of Henry S. Wellcome. C. 1902.
Henry S. Wellcome and his son Mounteney: with them is the Boy’s Tutor, G.S. Farnfield, the Cambridge University and English International Association footballer.	The Nest Hayes, Kent, where Henry S. Wellcome and his family lived 1904-1910.
Henry S. Wellcome in canoeing attire in 1886.	Wellcome during his hunting Expedition in the forests of Maine in 1886.
Henry S. Wellcome during his recuperation in America in 1886-1887. Seen here in his hunting outfit during his journey through the forests of Maine.	Henry S. Wellcome with the Hon. W. Eleroy Curtis and family, during a motor tour of Kent in 1906; at the Swan Hotel, Appledore.

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