and it became a private, independent biomedical research foundation based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Newly started programmes by the Wellcome Trust include the creation of research training programmes for physicians wishing to pursue careers in academic medicine, which the trust started in October 2010. Also currently, the foundation supports clinicians' research to develop treatments for obesity using natural appetite suppression. Collections Wellcome had a passion for collecting medically related artefacts, aiming to create a Museum of Man. He bought for his collection anything related to medicine, including Napoleon's toothbrush, on display at the Wellcome Collection. By the time of his death, there were 125,000 medical objects in the collection, of over one million total. Most of the non-medical objects were dispersed after his death. He was also a keen archaeologist, in particular digging for many years at Jebel Moya, Sudan, hiring 4000 people to excavate. He was one of the first investigators to use kite aerial photography on an archaeological site, with surviving images available in the Wellcome Library. Parts of Wellcome's collection have been exhibited in the Science Museum, London, since 1976, and in the Wellcome Collection as the exhibit "Medicine Man" since 2007. His collection of books, paintings, drawings, photographs and other media is available for viewing at the Wellcome Library. In 2003, the Quay Brothers directed a short animated film in tribute to the collection entitled The Phantom Museum. Works Alte cymrische Heilkunde : ein Abdruck des historischen Andenkens. Burroughs Wellcome, London Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf The Story of Metlakahtla. London; New York: Saxon, 1887. Gallery Notes References An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World, Frances Larson, OUP Oxford, 2009 Henry Wellcome, Robert Rhodes James, Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. The Scandal of Syrie Maugham, Gerald McKnight, W.H. Allen 1980. Henry Wellcome by Brian Deer Biographical article by William Hoffman Information about Henry Wellcome held in the Wellcome Library Medicine Man at the Wellcome Collection Henry Solomon Wellcome:A philanthropist and a pioneer sponsor of medical research in the Sudan The Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories in Khartoum (1903–1934): an experiment in development. External links The Personal Papers of Henry Wellcome are available for study at the Wellcome Collection. 1853 births 1936 deaths American businesspeople American philanthropists British philanthropists American emigrants to England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry Knights Bachelor Deaths from pneumonia