Kenneth White – Ripley pharmacist who pioneered civilian use penicillin Background History Ripley Pharmacy on Ripley High Street – now Cellar Wines – is where the wonder drug penicillin was first made available to the public. The dispensary has had just four owners in 102 years. In 1943, the former 15th century coaching inn, founded in 1897 by Henry Allenby, was bought by thirty-year-old chemist, Kenneth White. He had qualified at Brighton Technical College and was a man of great determination