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John Bostock, Jr.FRS (baptised 29 June 1773, died 6 August 1846) was an English physician, scientist and geologist from Liverpool.[1][2]
Bostock was a son of Dr. John Bostock, Sr.[2] He spent some time atNew College at Hackney where he attendedJoseph Priestley's lectures on chemistry and natural philosophy,[3] before graduating in Medicine at theUniversity of Edinburgh[4] and practising medicine inLiverpool. He moved to London in 1817 where he concentrated on general science.
In 1819, Bostock was first to accurately describehay fever as a disease that affected the upper respiratory tract.[5]He lectured on chemistry atGuy's Hospital and wasPresident of the Geological Society of London in 1826 when that body was granted a Royal Charter and Vice President of theRoyal Society in 1832.
Bostock died ofcholera in 1846;[4] He is buried in theKensal Green Cemetery, London.
Bostock was one of the first chemical pathologists. He was the first to realise the relationship between the diminution ofurea in urine as it rose in the blood, while thealbumin in the blood fell as that in the urine increased.[6] His most noted book,System of Physiology, appeared in 1824.
His only geological work wasOn the Purification of Thames Water which appeared in 1826. He also collaborated withHenry Thomas Riley on a translation and annotation ofPliny the Elder'sNatural History, which was published posthumously.[7]
He married Ann Whitehead at Walton, Liverpool in 1813 and they had a daughter namedElizabeth Anne Bostock in 1817. She devoted her life to improving the supply of women's education. His wife outlived him and died in 1861.[8]
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