Talk:Richard Robinson (Municipal Reform politician)

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Henrygb and I diifer whether Richard Robinson should be described as a Pharmacist or a Chemist. The article says "he could not become a full member of the Pharmaceutical Society, but in 1898 he and others in the same position became able to do so under an amending Act of Parliament which he had actively promoted. He subsequently became a member of the society's council and served as president in 1904–1907.". I suggest that this made him a Pharmacist, while earlier he was a druggist. As a Chemist, I do not consider retail chemists to be chemists. He is either a druggist or a pharmacist, not a chemist. I certainly do not think he should be included in the Category:British chemists. This should be reserved for people who are elligible for Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry or earlier the Royal Institute of Chemistry. I strongly suggest deleting that Category. The earlier stuff we could perhaps compromise on. I will not edit war. I've brought it here for discussion. --Bduke 11:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * My point has always been that he was not a qualified pharmacist (and so could not use the title) even though he owned pharmacies and was at one stage president of what is now the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He did sell drugs and chemicals (at the time those shops had a much wider range than they do now) and so he was what was called then "a chemist and druggist" and now is probably called a "retail chemist" in the UK. --Henrygb 01:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)