Paira Mall

Location

National Bank of India
26 Bishopsgate
London, EC2M 4NJ
United Kingdom
51° 31' 22.7424" N, 0° 4' 38.5896" W
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Date of birth: 
01 Jan 1874
Precise DOB unknown: 
Y
Date of death: 
01 Jan 1957
Precise date of death unknown: 
Y
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About: 

Paira Mall (1874-1957) was of Indian descent.

An MD, Paira Mall worked as an agent for Sir Henry Wellcome and was sent to India in 1911 to collect materials for a museum of medical history. Mall was involved in the inception of the India Society in 1910.

In 1925, India Society membership records noted Paira Mall's address as c/o National Bank of India, 26 Bishopsgate, London, EC2.

Organizations: 
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Secondary works: 

Allan, Nigel, Pearls of the Orient: Asian Treasures from the Wellcome Library (London: The Wellcome Trust, 2003)

Larson, Frances, An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)

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Archive source: 

Photo and other material, Wellcome Library, London