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Johnson, Robert Wood

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Johnson, Robert Wood (1845-1910)

US businessman and philanthropist. He worked as a druggist in New York and organized Seabury and Johnson in 1874 and then Johnson and Johnson (with his brother James W Johnson) in 1886. Inspired by the British surgeon Joseph Lister, he pioneered advances in surgical dressings, medical supplies, and antiseptic practices. He made bequests to colleges of pharmacy and Episcopal churches, and the foundation established in his name is one of the wealthiest in the USA, with particular interest in financing medical research.

He was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.



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