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JESSE BOOT |
Boots is the largest and best known chemist (drug store) in the UK . It began in 1849 when John Boot opened a herbalist shop, "The British and American Botanic Establishment", at 6 Goose Gate in Nottingham. It sold patent medicines. John Boot died at the age of 45 in 1860, leaving his wife Mary to manage the shop. She was aided by of her ten year-old son, Jesse, who gathered and prepared herbs as well as serving behind the counter. Business name timeline:
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