Thomas Lowndes Bullock

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.

[1] Following University, Bullock was appointed as a member of Her Britannic Majesty's consular service in China from 1869–97.

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] Bullock married Florence Louisa Elizabeth Horton, daughter of Samuel Lewis Horton of The Park House, Shifnal and Ann Maria Philips, they had three children:[3]