Thomas Lowndes Bullock, FRS (27 September 1845 – 20 March 1915) was an English author, colonial administrator, academic and sinologist who served as Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford.[1] He was the father of diplomat and explorer Guy Bullock.
Thomas Lowndes Bullock FRS | |
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| Born | 27 September 1845 |
| Died | 25 March 1915 (aged 69) London, England |
| Education | Winchester College |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Colonial Administrator and Academic |
| Spouse | Florence Louisa Elizabeth Horton |
| Children | 2 including Guy Henry Bullock |
Early life
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Bullock was born in Radwinter, Essex to John Frederick Bullock (1809 - 1865), Rector of Radwinter, and his first-cousin, Elizabeth Anne Bullock (born 1814), daughter of Jonathan Bullock of Faulkbourne and Margaret Downes.[2][3] He was a member of the old Bullock family of the Faulkbourne branch of the family, descended from Sir Edward Bullock. He attended Winchester College and New College, Oxford.[1]
Career
editFollowing University, Bullock was appointed as a member of Her Britannic Majesty's consular service in China from 1869–97.[3] He was appointed a Barrister of the Inner Temple in 1890. From 1899 he went on to be appointed Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford, a position now called Shaw Professor of Chinese following the donation of Sir Run Run Shaw.[4]
Family
editBullock married Florence Louisa Elizabeth Horton, daughter of Samuel Lewis Horton of The Park House, Shifnal and Ann Maria Philips, they had three children:[3]
- Agnes Violet Bullock, 1884 - 1897.
- Margaret Annie Bullock, born 1886, married in 1920 to Sir Claud Severn, and had issue.
- Guy Henry Bullock, British diplomat, born 1887, married in 1916 to Laura Alice McGloin.
Publications
editBooks
edit- Progressive Exercises In The Chinese Written Language, 1901
- Progressive Exercises in the Chinese Written Language, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 1912
Articles
edit- "A Trip into the Interior of Formosa". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 21. 1877. pp. 266, 272.
- "The Great Mahomedan Rebellion in Yunnan". The China Review. Vol. 16. 1887. pp. 83, 95.
- (tr.) Peking Gazettes (1887–89)
- "Intercourse in the Past between China and Foreign Countries". The Imperial And Asiatic Quarterly Review And Oriental And Colonial Record. Vol. 8. 1899.
References
edit- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; Thomas Lowndes Bullock". London: Parker and Co.
- ^ Bullock, Llewellyn C W, Memoirs of the Bullock Family, A J Lawrence 1905
- ^ a b c "Who's Who". Oxford University Press.
- ^ King, Michelle (2014). Between Birth and Death: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century China. Stanford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 9780804788939.