An infinity of things : how Sir Henry Wellcome collected the world /
Larson, Frances, 1976-
An infinity of things : how Sir Henry Wellcome collected the world / Frances Larson. - Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 343 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-337) and index.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A NOTE ON MONEY; 1. Quite indescribable disorder; PART I. ROOTS; PART II. TACTICS; PART III. OUTCOMES; PART IV. LEGACIES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
An Infinity of Things tells the story of one of the largest private collections ever created, and the life of the man behind it. Wellcome planned a great museum filled with treasures from all corners of the globe, charting the history of human health from prehistory to the present day. The breadth of his vision was matched only by the depth of his pockets. During the opening decades of the twentieth century he acquired a collection so large that later generations of staff took to describing its contents by the ton. But Wellcome's museum was never finished, and his collection was still stored i.
9780191571268 (electronic bk.) 0191571261 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.)
2009928977
Wellcome, Henry S. Sir, 1853-1936.
Wellcome, Henry S Sir, 1853-1936
Wellcome, Henry S. Sir, 1853-1936
Wellcome, Henry S.
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
London--Wellcome Museum of Medical Science.
Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.
Collectors and collecting--Great Britain--Biography.
Philanthropists--Great Britain--Biography.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Private collections.
Medicine--History.
Pharmacists
Drug Industry--history
History, 20th Century
History of Medicine
Medicine in the Arts
Hommes d'affaires--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Philanthropes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Médecine--Appareils et instruments--Collections privées.
Médecine--Histoire.
Médecine--Histoire--20e siècle.
history of medicine.
MEDICAL--Physicians.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Medical.
Businessmen.
Collectors and collecting.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Private collections.
Medicine.
Philanthropists.
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
R489.W3945 / L37 2009eb
610.92
2011 B-736 WZ 100
An infinity of things : how Sir Henry Wellcome collected the world / Frances Larson. - Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 343 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-337) and index.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A NOTE ON MONEY; 1. Quite indescribable disorder; PART I. ROOTS; PART II. TACTICS; PART III. OUTCOMES; PART IV. LEGACIES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
An Infinity of Things tells the story of one of the largest private collections ever created, and the life of the man behind it. Wellcome planned a great museum filled with treasures from all corners of the globe, charting the history of human health from prehistory to the present day. The breadth of his vision was matched only by the depth of his pockets. During the opening decades of the twentieth century he acquired a collection so large that later generations of staff took to describing its contents by the ton. But Wellcome's museum was never finished, and his collection was still stored i.
9780191571268 (electronic bk.) 0191571261 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.)
2009928977
Wellcome, Henry S. Sir, 1853-1936.
Wellcome, Henry S Sir, 1853-1936
Wellcome, Henry S. Sir, 1853-1936
Wellcome, Henry S.
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
London--Wellcome Museum of Medical Science.
Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.
Collectors and collecting--Great Britain--Biography.
Philanthropists--Great Britain--Biography.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Private collections.
Medicine--History.
Pharmacists
Drug Industry--history
History, 20th Century
History of Medicine
Medicine in the Arts
Hommes d'affaires--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Philanthropes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Médecine--Appareils et instruments--Collections privées.
Médecine--Histoire.
Médecine--Histoire--20e siècle.
history of medicine.
MEDICAL--Physicians.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Medical.
Businessmen.
Collectors and collecting.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Private collections.
Medicine.
Philanthropists.
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
R489.W3945 / L37 2009eb
610.92
2011 B-736 WZ 100