The pharmaceutical and manufacturing chemist John Lloyd Bullock, who had joined the Chemical Society in 1842 and who played a fundamental role in the creation of the Royal College of Chemistry in 1845, did not receive an obituary when he died in 1905. Yet, nine years later on the eve of WW1, the Council of the Chemical Society suddenly commissioned an obituary from two German chemists. Although the curious circumstances of this omission and commission cannot be fully explained, their investigation provides an opportunity for an appraisal of Bullock’s role in the history of chemistry and pharmacy.

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化学学会遗失约翰·劳埃德·布洛克讣告的奇妙故事

制药和制造化学家约翰·劳埃德·布洛克于 1842 年加入化学学会，并在 1845 年皇家化学学院的创建中发挥了重要作用，但在 1905 年去世时没有收到讣告。然而，九年一战前夕，化学学会理事会突然委托两位德国化学家发表讣告。尽管无法完全解释这种遗漏和委托的奇怪情况，但他们的调查为评估布洛克在化学和药学史上的作用提供了机会。