![Imperial College London on Twitter: "#OnThisDay 1850: Jesse Boot was born. He transformed the herbalist/chemist shop his father left him into the national retailer Boots (image @BootsUK) https://t.co/3C5on5oCz0" / Twitter Imperial College London on Twitter: "#OnThisDay 1850: Jesse Boot was born. He transformed the herbalist/chemist shop his father left him into the national retailer Boots (image @BootsUK) https://t.co/3C5on5oCz0" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Deqw2MLVMAAKgQG.jpg)
Imperial College London on Twitter: "#OnThisDay 1850: Jesse Boot was born. He transformed the herbalist/chemist shop his father left him into the national retailer Boots (image @BootsUK) https://t.co/3C5on5oCz0" / Twitter
![Trent Building through Highfields park gates and the statue of Jesse Boot - University of Nottingham Trent Building through Highfields park gates and the statue of Jesse Boot - University of Nottingham](https://picturenottingham.co.uk/imagecache/galleryitems/55069.1.640.640.UNPAD.jpeg)
Trent Building through Highfields park gates and the statue of Jesse Boot - University of Nottingham
Boots UK - Happy 165th Birthday to Jesse Boot, the man who started it all under the slogan "Health for a Shilling!" | Facebook
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