Whiffen & Sons Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Herring, Edward
- Hulle, Jacob
- British & Foreign Alkaloid Co
- Whiffen, Thomas
- Fisons Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Fulham, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southall, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southwark, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Pharmaceutical production & research
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Pharmaceutical, medical equipment, cosmetic & toilet goods distribution
Notes:
Traced origins to a wholesale druggist business established by Edward Herring and Jacob Hulle, possibly trading as British & Foreign Alkaloid Co, at Southwark, London. Joined by Thomas Whiffen, 1819-1904, in 1854 and owned by him by 1868. By then manufacturing quinine and strychnine. 1887 known as Whiffen & Sons and in 1880s moved to Southall, London. 1912 incorporated as Whiffen & Sons Ltd. 1923 relocated to Fulham. 1947, when a speciality chemicals business, acquired by Fisons Ltd. Name discontinued 1966
Publications:
- End of a Chapter. The story of Whiffen & Sons Ltd, fine chemical manufacturers by Law, R S
- 'Marketing high technology. Educating physicians to use innovative medicines' in R T P Davenport-Hines (ed), Markets and Bagmen. Studies in the history of marketing and British industrial performance, 1830-1939 by Liebenau, Jonathan
- Short history of Whiffen & Sons Ltd, 1654-1947 by Mann, J T W, & R E Lewkowitsch
- Story of a visit to Whiffen's Fine Chemical Works by Unknown
- Whiffen & Sons Ltd by McGuire, G
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Herring, Edward
- Hulle, Jacob
- British & Foreign Alkaloid Co
- Whiffen, Thomas
- Fisons Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Fulham, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southall, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southwark, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Pharmaceutical production & research
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Pharmaceutical, medical equipment, cosmetic & toilet goods distribution
Notes:
Traced origins to a wholesale druggist business established by Edward Herring and Jacob Hulle, possibly trading as British & Foreign Alkaloid Co, at Southwark, London. Joined by Thomas Whiffen, 1819-1904, in 1854 and owned by him by 1868. By then manufacturing quinine and strychnine. 1887 known as Whiffen & Sons and in 1880s moved to Southall, London. 1912 incorporated as Whiffen & Sons Ltd. 1923 relocated to Fulham. 1947, when a speciality chemicals business, acquired by Fisons Ltd. Name discontinued 1966Publications:
- End of a Chapter. The story of Whiffen & Sons Ltd, fine chemical manufacturers by Law, R S
- 'Marketing high technology. Educating physicians to use innovative medicines' in R T P Davenport-Hines (ed), Markets and Bagmen. Studies in the history of marketing and British industrial performance, 1830-1939 by Liebenau, Jonathan
- Short history of Whiffen & Sons Ltd, 1654-1947 by Mann, J T W, & R E Lewkowitsch
- Story of a visit to Whiffen's Fine Chemical Works by Unknown
- Whiffen & Sons Ltd by McGuire, G