Thomas Whitelock Kempthorne (c.1834–3 November 1915) was a New Zealand manufacturing chemist and businessman who co-founded

Kempthorne Prosser Kempthorne Prosser & Co. Ltd, also known as the New Zealand Drug Company Ltd, was the leading drug and fertiliser manufacturer in New Zealand from 1869 until 1978. The company's full name was Kempthorne Prosser & Co.'s New Zealand Drug Co. Ltd, es ...

in 1870 in

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. He was born in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

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c.1834.

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1830s births 1915 deaths New Zealand businesspeople New Zealand chemists British emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand people of Cornish descent English emigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-business-bio-stub

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