About
Henry Solomon Wellcome
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Freemason.
- Creates holding company,
The Wellcome Foundation Limited (1924).
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Knight Commander of the British Empire and Honorary Fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England (1932).
- Collection of around 1.5 million books and objects relating to history and medicine; Artefacts specific to medicine and healing, including large quantities of weapons, bales of fabric, furniture, ancient cooking implements, porcelain, glassware, statues, coins, medals, objets d'art and even torture instruments; Sample of the hair of various historical figures, including George Washington, George III, Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington.
- Funded excavations at Jebel Moya, south of Khartoum, Sudan, hiring 4000 people to excavate (1911-1914).
- Abiding interest in Native American culture, through financial support and political lobbying helped establish a model Christian community amongst the Tsimshean people in British Columbia and establish an alternative site in Alaska.