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William Martindale

1840–1902

Pharmacist. Took over the New Cavendish Street pharmacy of Hopkin and Williams in 1873; the business became one of the most important and scientifically advanced in London. Invented many new dosage forms for various medicines. His book The extra pharmacopoeia (1883) went through ten editions in his lifetime.

Source

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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