Henry Wellcome
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Meet Henry Wellcome. Discover his great life story in this unique title from The Amazing People Club®. Discover how this inspiring person may have saved your life with the medicines he developed and produced. Henry willed his entire fortune for further development and research, to The Wellcome Trust, which is one of the largest biomedical charities in the world. Travel with him from the log cabin in which he was born in Wisconsin, on his epic journeys around the world, driven by his thirst for knowledge and insatiable curiosity.
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