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Peter Squire – President of the Pharmaceutical Society 1849–1850 and 1861–1863

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Description

Portrait in oils of Peter Squire (1798–1884), President of the Pharmaceutical Society 1849–1850 and 1861–1863.
Painted by Cyrus Johnson (1848–1925) in 1878.

In 1837 Squire was appointed Chemist-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, a post he held for over 40 years.
He was the author and publisher of “Squire’s Companion to the British Pharmacopoeia”.