Thomas Holloway
1800–83
Manufacturer of patent medicines and philanthropist. Began selling ointments and pills from 1837, making extensive use of advertisements throughout the British Empire. Founded a college for women, which was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886 and named Royal Holloway College.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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