The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (1968–1999) was a London centre for the study and teaching of medical history.[2][3] It consisted of the Wellcome Library and an Academic Unit. The former was and is a world-class library collection owned and managed by the Wellcome Trust and staffed by librarians including academic librarians who held honorary lectureships at University College London. The Academic Unit was a group of university staff appointed at University College London that conducted a programme of university teaching, thesis supervision, seminars, conferences and publications.
Active | 1968–1999 |
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Parent institution | Wellcome Trust |
Address | Wellcome Building, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE , , |
Website | http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/[1] |
In 1999 the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine was terminated, and in its place two new organisations were created: The Wellcome Library and the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. Prof. Harold Cook was appointed Director of the Wellcome Centre at UCL from 2000-2009, while the following persons succeeded David Pearson as Librarians of the Wellcome Library.