Thomas James Smith
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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
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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4JYjsQkBm3MC&pg=PA327 The pharmaceutical industry: A guide to Historical Records By Lesley Richmond] Ashgate, 2003, {{ISBN|978-0-7546-3352-5}} 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.
In 1896 he was joined by his nephew, Horatio Nelson Smith, who helped build T.J. Smith & Nephew into a global medical supplies business. Thomas Smith died later in 1896.
Other interests
He became President of the Hull Chamber of Commerce.[http://www.hull-humber-chamber.co.uk/the-chamber/history.aspx Hull Chamber of Commerce] Retrieved 7 June 2009.
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