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Thomas James Smith (1827−1896) was the founder of Smith & Nephew, one of the United Kingdom's largest medical devices businesses.
Career
[edit]After training as a pharmacist at a dispensing chemist in Grantham and then at University College, London, Thomas Smith opened his own chemist's shop in Hull in 1856.[1] In 1858 he started selling cod-liver oil most of which came from Newfoundland although he obtained one large batch at a cheaper price from Norway: he sold these supplies to hospitals on a wholesale basis.[1][2]
In 1896 he was joined by his nephew, Horatio Nelson Smith, who helped build T.J. Smith & Nephew into a global medical supplies business.[1] Thomas Smith died later in 1896.[1]
Other interests
[edit]He became President of the Hull Chamber of Commerce.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 The pharmaceutical industry: A guide to Historical Records By Lesley Richmond Ashgate, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7546-3352-5
- ↑ Cantor, David (1996). "Smith & Nephew in the Health Care Industry (review)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 70 (3). Johns Hopkins University Press: 545–546. doi:10.1353/bhm.1996.0090.
- ↑ Hull Chamber of Commerce Retrieved 7 June 2009.
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