Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research (WBSR)

Laboratory est. c.1896.

Established 1913 under the direction of Dr Balfour, to promote 'the study and investigation of medical problems, more particularly in their relation to tropical medicine and hygiene', encompassing the various Wellcome research laboratories and museums. Reconstructed and enlarged in 1926.

Directors

• Sir Andrew Balfour, 1913 - 1923

• Dr Stevenson, Acting Director 1915 - 1916

• Dr C.M. Wenyon, 1923 -

Symons 1993, page 12.