Silas Burroughs, the Man Who Made Wellcome. American ambition and global enterprise
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- Author(s) Sheppard, Julia
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2022
- Pages 320pp; illus
- Publisher Lutterworth Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Partnership structures
- Name Marketing inc brand & product development, distribution, etc
- Name Women in business
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Biography of Silas Burroughs, d1895, founder of Burroughs Wellcome, based on his private and business papers. Relates to the formation and history of the business to 1895 dealing notably with the partnership dynamic between Burroughs and Henry Wellcome and the means through which they marketed their products, particularly internationally. Also deals with the relationship of Burroughs's widow with the business following his death. Chapters include: 'London and S M Burroughs & Co'; ''A superficial jaunt?' India and Ceylon'; 'Partnership in crisis - the High Court'; 'Partnership in peril'