Jump to content

Corbyn, Stacey & Company

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Corbyn, Stacey & Company was a firm of manufacturing and retail chemists established in London in 1726. It was founded by Thomas Corbyn (1711 – 1791), who had been apprenticed to Joseph Clutton; Clutton, his wife Mary, and son Morris became partners in the business. The firm gained an extensive overseas trade in North America and the Caribbean.

George Stacey became a partner in 1772. In 1850, the company acquired the Winstanley & Company business; it was incorporated in 1898.[1] The company once owned a warehouse, laboratory and a shop, but its building was shuttered in 1896.[2] The company continued as wholesale suppliers until 1927.[3]

The company's records are held in the Wellcome Collection.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Corbyn and Co., chemists and druggists, London". AIM25. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ Richmond, Lesley; Stevenson, Julie (2017). The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Routledge. ISBN 9781351884297.
  3. ^ "Materia Medica cabinet, 1754". Pharmaceutical Journal. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Corbyn, Stacey & Co, manufacturing chemists". National Archives. Retrieved 16 August 2018.