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Silas Burroughs arrived in London from America in 1878 and proved himself an
exceptional entrepreneur, taking the pharmaceutical business by storm. He was the
brains and energy behind Burroughs Wellcome &ampCo. With his business partner
Henry Wellcome he created an internationally successful firm, the legacy of which can
be found in the charity the Wellcome Trust, yet few now remember him and the
impact he made in his short lifetime. A consummate salesman, Burroughs was also an
astute businessman, with new ideas for marketing, advertising and manufacturing:
his writings describe sales trips around the world and the people he met. He was also
a visionary employer who supported the eight-hour working day, profit-sharing, and
numerous social and radical political movements, including the single tax movement,
free travel, Irish Home Rule and world peace. In this first biography of Burroughs,
Julia Sheppard explores his American origins, his religion and marriage, and his

philanthropic work, as well as re-evaluating the dramatic deterioration of his
relationship with his partner Wellcome.