Following some years of declining health, Professor Maurice Crosland passed away on 30 August 2020 at the age of eighty-nine. Author of four influential scholarly monographs, Maurice played major roles in the British Society for the History of Science during the 1960s and 1970s as an active Member of Council, Honorary Editor of the British Journal for the History of Science (1965–71) and Honorary President of the society (1974–6). His academic career began in 1963 with his appointment to a lectureship in the History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds. In 1974 the by-then Reader in History of Science secured a £100,000 Nuffield Foundation Grant with which to establish, for the first time, a dedicated history-of-science group at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Appointed Professor of the History of Science and Director of the Unit for the History, Philosophy and Social Relations of Science (known as the ‘History of Science Unit’ or simply ‘the Unit’), his objectives during the five-year Nuffield-funded period were to focus on promoting the research activities of the new group, build up much-needed library resources in a university which was barely ten years old, and effect a transition to a research and teaching Unit that would offer modules to undergraduates in each of the three principal faculties (Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences). His own research centred on French science during and after the Napoleonic period, with particular emphasis on the history of chemistry and the formal institutions and informal networks of Parisian science. In 1984 his work was recognized with the American Chemical Society's award of the Dexter Prize, a rare achievement for a British scholar.

随着几年健康状况的下降，莫里斯·克罗斯兰（Maurice Crosland）教授于2020年8月30日去世，享年89岁。莫里斯（Maurice）是四本颇具影响力的学术专着的作者，在1960年代和1970年代担任英国科学史学会的活跃成员，《英国科学史杂志》名誉编辑，发挥了重要作用（1965–71）和该学会名誉会长（1974–6）。他的学术生涯始于1963年，当时他被任命为利兹大学历史与哲学哲学讲师。1974年，当时的科学史读者获得了100,000英镑的纳菲尔德基金会赠款，并以此首次在坎特伯雷的肯特大学成立了专门的科学史研究小组。被任命为科学史教授，并担任科学，历史，哲学和社会关系科学系主任（被称为“科学史系”或简称为“该系”），其五年目标是在纳菲尔德（Nuffield）资助的五年期间时期的重点是促进新小组的研究活动，在一所刚刚成立十年的大学中建立急需的图书馆资源，并实现向研究与教学部门的过渡，该部门将为三个主要学院（人文，自然科学和社会科学）中的每个本科生提供模块。他自己的研究集中在拿破仑时代前后的法国科学领域，尤其侧重于化学史以及巴黎科学的正式机构和非正式网络。1984年，他的工作获得了美国化学学会颁发的德克斯特奖的认可，这对英国学者来说是难得的成就。特别着重于化学史以及巴黎科学的正式机构和非正式网络。1984年，他的工作获得了美国化学学会颁发的德克斯特奖的认可，这对英国学者来说是难得的成就。特别着重于化学史以及巴黎科学的正式机构和非正式网络。1984年，他的工作获得了美国化学学会颁发的德克斯特奖的认可，这对英国学者来说是难得的成就。