Joseph Edward Nathan was a London-born New Zealand merchant, dairy manufacturer and exporter. A successful businessman, he returned to London in 1887 after 30 years in New Zealand.
GlaxoSmithKline global headquarters Brentford, London 2011
Wellington headquarters opened 1874
new building, same Wellington site, opened 1907
Glaxo penicillin fermentation vessel 1940s
GSK plc is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London. It was established in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, which was itself a merger of a number of pharmaceutical companies around the Smith, Kline & French firm.
The Glaxo factory built in 1918, in Bunnythorpe, New Zealand, with the Glaxo Laboratories sign still visible
Feeder bottle with valve and teat, Glaxo Laboratories, Greenford, Middlesex
Beecham's Clock Tower, constructed 1877, part of the Beecham's factory, St Helens
Andrew Witty, GSK's CEO from May 2008, to April 2017