50:
17:
99:
During the 1920s and 1930s growing competition from public institutions began to put pressure on private schools such as
Westminster College, and their number began to decline. Westminster College was one of the last survivors, and it continued to advertise its courses into the 1930s. Its founder,
80:
In 1908, Wills suffered a financial setback following the failure of his pharmacy business, resulting in the loss of Wills's house and his personal assets. This financial failure caused the voluntary liquidation of
Westminster College, despite it being registered as a limited company in 1901.
100:
George S V Wills, died on 28 April 1932, aged 84. In 1939, at the outbreak of war, the threat of air attacks led the
College to discontinue day classes in favour of correspondence courses. The College address at 190 Clapham Road ceased to exist in 1942, most likely the year of its closure.
68:
By 1877, three years after its foundation, Westminster
College was able to make the claim that it was the largest school of its kind in London. In addition, its students had achieved almost as many examination passes as all the other schools in England combined.
36:, founded in 1841. Westminster College flourished in the late nineteenth century but faced growing competition from public institutions in the 1920s and 1930s, and it closed around 1942.
53:
Westminster
College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Trinity Street, Southwark. From the Prospectus and syllabus of the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, London, 1901.
193:
183:
77:
In 1882, as his student body expanded, Wills moved
Westminster College into new premises, a defunct Baptist chapel in Trinity Street, Southwark.
188:
198:
130:"George S V Wills and the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy: A Chapter in Pharmaceutical Education in Great Britain"
57:
The
Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy was a private college founded in October 1874 by the chemist and pharmacist
49:
28:
was a private college founded in
October 1874, for the teaching of chemistry and pharmacy, by the chemist and pharmacist
62:
33:
81:
However, the
College was moved to a new location in Clapham, where it resumed its activities
8:
154:
129:
58:
29:
159:
86:
The Works of George S. V. Wills and The
Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy
149:
141:
91:
In December 1916 Westminster College moved again, from 402 to 190 Clapham Road.
145:
177:
163:
16:
61:. Its purpose was to prepare students for examinations set by the
32:. Its purpose was to prepare students for examinations set by the
20:
Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy circa 1880
175:
123:
121:
119:
117:
115:
113:
84:In 1899 Wills self-published a memoir titled
26:Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy
194:Scientific organizations established in 1841
184:Educational institutions established in 1841
110:
153:
48:
15:
72:
63:Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
34:Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
189:Pharmacy schools in the United Kingdom
176:
127:
94:
44:
13:
14:
210:
128:Kurzer, Frederick (17 May 2012).
199:1841 establishments in England
1:
103:
7:
10:
215:
39:
146:10.1017/s0025727300001770
54:
21:
52:
19:
73:Expansion and growth
65:, founded in 1841.
95:Decline and closure
59:George S. V. Wills
55:
30:George S. V. Wills
22:
45:Victorian Origins
206:
168:
167:
157:
125:
214:
213:
209:
208:
207:
205:
204:
203:
174:
173:
172:
171:
134:Medical History
126:
111:
106:
97:
75:
47:
42:
12:
11:
5:
212:
202:
201:
196:
191:
186:
170:
169:
140:(4): 477–506.
108:
107:
105:
102:
96:
93:
74:
71:
46:
43:
41:
38:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
211:
200:
197:
195:
192:
190:
187:
185:
182:
181:
179:
165:
161:
156:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
131:
124:
122:
120:
118:
116:
114:
109:
101:
92:
89:
87:
82:
78:
70:
66:
64:
60:
51:
37:
35:
31:
27:
18:
137:
133:
98:
90:
85:
83:
79:
76:
67:
56:
25:
23:
178:Categories
104:References
164:17932557
155:2002594
40:History
162:
152:
160:PMID
24:The
150:PMC
142:doi
180::
158:.
148:.
138:51
136:.
132:.
112:^
88:.
166:.
144::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
