John Bostock, Junior. Doctor of Medicine Federal Reserve System was an English physician, scientist and geologist from Liverpool.
Background
Bostock was a son of Doctor John Bostock, Senior He spent some time at New College at Hackney where he attended Joseph Priestley"s lectures on chemistry and natural philosophy, before graduating in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practising medicine in Liverpool.
Career
He moved to London in 1817 where he concentrated on general science. In 1819, Bostock was first to accurately describe hay fever as a disease that affected the upper respiratory tract. He lectured on chemistry at Guy"s Hospital and was President of the Geological Society of London in 1826 when that body was granted a Royal Charter and Vice President of the Royal Society in 1832.
Bostock died of cholera in 1846.
He is buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, London.