Latest / The Hidden History Podcast
Shampoo Was Brought to England by and Indian Immigrant — And Nobody Remembers His Name
For most of human history, "washing your hair" meant rinsing it with water and soap and trying to mitigate soap scum.
The word shampoo didn't even exist in English until one man brought it across an ocean — and changed how the Western world bathes.
His name was Sake Dean Mahomed. An Indian immigrant, entrepreneur, and storyteller who arrived in 19th-century Britain and opened a "shampooing" bath house in Brighton.
King George IV made him the royal Shampooing Surgeon. He invented the modern hair-care ritual.
And almost nobody knows his name.
In this episode of Hidden History with Aiden Thomas…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.