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An infinity of things : how Sir Henry Wellcome collected the world / by Frances Larson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larson, Frances, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wellcome, Henry S. (Henry Solomon), Sir, 1853-1936.
- Wellcome, Henry S.
- Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Collectors and collecting--Great Britain--Biography.
- Collectors and collecting.
- Philanthropists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- Medical instruments and apparatus--Private collections.
- Medical instruments and apparatus.
- Medicine--History.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'An Infinity of Things' tells the story of one of the largest private collections ever created, and the life of the man behind it. Funded by his vast personal fortune, 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.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; 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
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04566-6
- 0-19-162323-7
- 1-282-35473-6
- 9786612354731
- 0-19-157126-1
- OCLC:
- 505429377
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