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PATTON, John W .:
Professor of Law; born in Philadelphia in 1843; entered the University of Penn- sylvania in 1859, but after a year's study went to the College of New Jersey, where he graduated in 1863. He subsequently studied law and entered upon practice in Philadelphia. For five years he was a member of the Common Council of that city, and was for a period President of the Mortgage Trust Company of Penn- sylvania. In 1897 he was appointed Pro- fessor of Law in the University of Penn- sylvania, which position he now holds. Address, 6112 Summer St., Philadelphia.
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PATTON. Willis Dalzell:
Jurist; born in Allegheny City, Pa., Jan. 13, 1853. His father dying, his mother moved to the family homestead at Kit- tanning, Pa. He early entered business life and served as bookkeeper for several firms. He afterwards was clerk and Deputy for Sheriff Montgomery; his serv- ice for whom led him into a desire to study the law. Entering the office of Hon. E. S. Golden as a clerk, he studied diligently in his leisure hours, and ob- tained admittance to the bar in 1876. From 1877 to 1879 he practiced in asso- ciation with his preceptor and subse- quently alone, building up a profitable business, and gaining a reputation as a learned and skillful attorney. In 1899 he was nominated by the Republican Party for President Judge of Armstrong Coun- ty, and was elected in November, taking his seat on the first Monday of January, 1900. In the business world he is Presi- dent of the Armstrong County Trust Company. Address, Kittanning, Pa.
PAUL, Frank William:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Commonwealth (Pennsyl- vania) Artillery May 13. 1861; mustered out Aug. 5, 1861; First Lieutenant of Bat- tery attached to Fifty-eighth Pa. Infantry Nov. 12, 1861; transferred to Second Penn- sylavnia Heavy Artillery Nov. 12, 1862; honorably mustered out Nov. 17, 1864. First Lientenant Twenty-fourth United States Infantry July 25, 1866: resigned and honorably discharged April 21. 1868. Bre- vetted Captain United States Volunteers March 13, 1865, "for gallant and merito- rious services during the war." Captain United States Army March 2, 1867. for gallant and meritorious services at Peters- burg Mine, Va. Elected March 4, 1868. Address, 220 South Fourth St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
PAUL, John Rodman:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 1852; son of John Rodman Paul. M. D. Graduated from University of Pennsyl- vania 1872 (A. M.); Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. 1875. Ad- mitted to bar of Philadelphia, 1875; to United States Supreme Court, 1887. As- sociated (1878) with George W. Biddle, since his death, senior member of law firm of Biddle & Ward, Philadelphia; Di- rector of Philadelphia Savings Fund; Philadelphia Contributionship (Fire In-
surance): President City Parks Associa- tion, President Philadelphia College' Set- tlement; Member of the American Philo- sophical Society, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, Pennsyl- vania Bar Association, Law Association of Philadelphia, etc .; actively engaged in practice of the law. Republican in poll- tics. Author of Digest of Acts and De- cisions Relating to Passenger Railways, 1884. Residence, 903 Pine St .; office, 503 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PAUL, Oglesby:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet Capt. Frank W. Paul. Elected Feb. S, 1899. Address, 220 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PAULDING, Tattnall:
President of the Delaware Insurance Co., of Philadelphia; born July 5, 1840. in Huntington, N. Y .; educated at Hunting- ton, N. Y., Montclair, N. J. Married Han- nah S. Huddell, Nov. 20, 1872. Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- dress, 152 West Penn St., Philadelphia.
PAULL, Joseph R .:
First Vice President of the Bank of Pittsburg, National Association, one of the oldest and largest banking houses in the country; born Dec. 14, 1871, near Dunbar. Fayette County, on a farm, where he lived for several years; the family then moved to Connellsville, Pa., where he at- tended the schools and was graduated from the High School; he then took a three years' course at the Chicago Train- ing School and was graduated in 1968. After he left the training school he was employed by the H. C. Frick Coke Com- pany at Connellsville, and. in 1590, he en- tered the Youghiogheny Bank of Connells- ville, which later became the Yough Na- tional Bank, and while there was book- keeper. In 1991 he was employed at the Second National Bank of Connellsville as teller; he remained with that institution four years and went to Pittsburg in 1535 as assistant cashier of the City Deposit Bank, and in 1895 became cashier of the same bank. He remained with the City Deposit Bank till 1903, when he became President of the Iron City National Bank; he was actively engaged in the negotin- tions which led to the consolidation of the Iron City National and the Merchants and
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Manufacturers' National Banks with the Bank of Pittsburg. National Association, in January of this year. He was the active head of the syndicate which acquired the controlling interest in the Iron City Na- tional Bank and thus made it possible for the combination which followed; when the consolidation was effected and the three banks became merged he was made the First Vice President of the combined in- stitutions under the name of the Bank of Pittsburg. He married Annie Rogers Johnston, Sept. 13, 1894. Address, 409 Deniston Av., Pittsburg Pa.
PAXSON, Edward M .:
Jurist; born in Buckingham, Pa., Sept. 3. 1824; educated in the Quaker schools; he early entered journalism and edited the Newtown Journal, 1843, and later was engaged in the same capacity on the Daily News, Philadelphia. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar, Bucks County, 1850, later removing to Philadelphia. He . served as Judge Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia. . 1869-1874; Judge Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 1874-1895; Chief Justice, 18$9-1895; now retired. Address, 2106 Walnut St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
PAXSON, Frederic Logan:
Assistant Professor of History in the University of Colorado; born in Philadel- phia, 1877; educated in the Friends' school of that city; was graduated with degree of B. S. from the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1898. Instructor in History, at Michigan Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Mich., 1899-1900, and at Bliss Military Academy, Macon, Mo .. 1900-1901. Received degree of M. A. at Harvard, 1902; Fellow in American History at Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1902-1903, and re- ceived the degree of Ph. D. there in 1903. Author of "The Independence of the South American Republics." Philadelphia, 1903. Permanent address, Boulder, Colo.
PAXSON, Oliver II .:
Physician; born in Lahaska, Pa., 1859; is one of the Bucks County Paxsons and of the Ely family on his mother's side. After a few years of mercantile lifo he entered the Hahnemann Medical College in 1987. and was graduated in 1890, after which he located in Philadelphia, and has been practicing there ever since. He is one of the visiting staff to the Hahne- mann Hospital, and Clinical Chief of the Department of General Medicine of the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia,
Pa .; was appointed Assistant Medical Inspector to the Health Office of the city of Philadelphia in 1894, by Mayor Stuart, and has served for ten years. He was married to Evalyn Mattson, of Chester County, in 1891. Address, 1733 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PAXSON, Wm. B .:
Banker and broker; born in. Philadel- phia, Sept. 24. 1849. His ancestors came to Bucks County from England with Will- iam Penn; educated at Friends' Central High School, Fifteenth and Race streets, Philadelphia, and was graduated in 1866; engaged in the wholesale drygoods busi- ness until 1876, then entered the banking and brokerage business and is still active in that line. Member of the New York Stock Exchange. the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade. New York Coffee Exchange and the New York Produce Exchange, and a Director of the Development Company of America, New York. Married, in 1873, Lydia M. Shoemaker, daughter of the late Owen Shoemaker, of Gynedd, Pa. Republican in politics. Address, 308 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PAXTON. Alexis Rupert:
Major United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Second Lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry, March 3, 1877; First Lieutenant Oct. 31. 1884; Cap- tain Nov. 7, 1896; Major Thirteenth In- fantry, Oct. 16, 1901. Address, Alcatraz Island. Cal.
PAYNE, Charles B .:
President of the Duquesne Trust Com- pany. Address, Duquesne, Allegheny County, Pa.
PAYNE, E. D .:
Surgeon United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Pennsyl- vania. Assistant Surgeon, Sept. 20. 1861; Naval Asylum. Philadelphia. 1861; fri- gate Congress, North Atlantic Squadron, 1861 to 1862. and participated in the Hampton Roads fight with the Merrimac: Powhatan, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. July 8, 1862, to May 4, 1863; at- tack on Fort Sumter, April. 1863; Naval Rendezvous, Chicago, Ill., June 23. to Sept. 2. 1863; Metacomet. West Gulf Blockad- ing Squadron, from 1863, to 1965; parti- cipated in battle of Mobile Bay and nu- morons small engagements: special mon- tion by commanding officer of Metacom-
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et in his report of the battle of Mobile Bay; Naval Rendezvous, Philadelphia, Mareh 6, to July 9, 1865. Passed Assist- ant Surgeon, June 26, 1865; Pacifie Squad- ron, Farrallones, 1865, to 1866; St. Mary's May 3, to Sept. 26, 1566; Naval Hospital, Washington, Dec. 6, 1866, to Jan. 24, 1S68; Paeme Squadron, Saranae, 1868 to 1860; Jamestown, 1868, to 1871; Naval Hospital. New York, 1871; Naval Hospital, Boston, Sept. 23, 1871, to June 2, 1573. Promoted to Surgeon, Nov. 14, 1871; placed on list of retired officers on aceount of siek- ness due to causes ineident to the service. April 13, 1876. Address, Pinehurst, N. C.
PEACOCK, Alexander R .:
Formerly First Viee President of Carne- gie Steel Company; born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and edueated in the public schools of that place. At fourteen he quit his studies and was apprenticed to a firni of linen manufacturers, where he spent four years. He familiarized himself with every detail of this business so thorougly that, on his arrival in New York City, in 1879, he secured a position as linen sales- man with the well known importing house of . E. S. Jaffray & Company. Although his sueess in this line was marked, a wider vista of possibility extended before him, and in 1889 he beeame connected with the Carnegie interests, his first position be- ing in the purchasing department of Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited. About a year later he went to the sales de- partment, where he established a eredit system, which is still in use in the Car- negie business. In 1891 he was chosen a partner and stockholder in Carnegie Bros. & Company, and Carnegie, Phipps & Com- pany, Limited. After the organization of the Carnegie Steel Company. Limited, Mr. Peacock was made General Sales Agent and was elected to membership on the Board of Managers. and, later, elected First Vice President. In 1901 he retired from the Carnegie Company, built a man . sion on Highland Avenue. Pittsburg. and is now retired from any very active par- tieipation in his varied interests. Ad- dress, Pittsburg, Pa.
PEARCE. Frank Savary:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet. Lieut. Col. Enoch Pearce. Elected Feb. 5, 1902. Address, 1107 Locust St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
PEARCE, Josiah S .:
President of Merion Title & Trust Com- pany; born Nov. 10, 1341, in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pa .; edu- cated in Lower Merion public schools. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1SS1-1832; Justice of the Peaer; Deputy Coroner; First Lieutenant Battery G, Second Pennsylvania Artil- lery; President Merion Title & Trust Company; Director in Bryn Mawr Na- tional Bank and Montgomery Insurance Company; President of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and National Funeral Di- rectors' Associations for two years each. Married Alice A. Rambo in October, 1568. Republican in polities. Address, Ard- more, Montgomery County, Pa.
PEARSON, Alfred L .:
Soldier and lawyer; born in Pittsburg, Dec. 28, 1838; son of Joseph Pearson, who served under Wellington in the battle of Waterloo: his great grandfather on his mother's side served as a soldier under Washington, he thus eoming on both sides from fighting stock; edueated in the public schools at Jefferson College and the Al- legheny College; studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar of Allegheny County in 1861. The war had then begun and he immediately recruited a company, arming and equipping it at his own expense, but it was not until August, 1862, that he succeeded in having his company regu- larly enlisted, he being made Captain of Company A. 155th Pennsylvania Regi- ment; his courage and attention to duty brought him quick promotion, he being made successively Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the Regiment. while his excellent conduct at the battle of Peeble's Farm, Va., in 1964, brought him the brevet rank of Brigadier General. On March 29, 1865, at a eritical moment in the fighting of that day, General Pearson dashed up to his old regiment, the 155th Pennsylvania, seized its colors, shouted "Follow your ag or lose it!"' and rode toward the enemy; the men, who had been shrinking before a hot fire, followed him with a wild shout, drove back the enemy, and captured and held the plank road, the central point of the action. He did other excellent work on that day, his gallantry bringing him the brevet rank of Major General, and in 197 a medal of honor from the War Department for most distinguished gallantry in action. Taking up the practice of law after the
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war, his ability soon brought him the position of District Attorney of Allegheny County; he also served in the Select Coun- cil and on the Board of Health of Pitts- burg. He subsequently entered the Na- tional Guard of Pennsylvania, in which he was made Major General, and was in personal command of the troops at Pitts- burg, Scranton, Carbondale and Ply- mouth during the railroad strike riots of 1877; he was accused of murder by some of the rioters, but the Grand Jury ignored the bill. He succeeded General Hartranft as a member of the Board of Managers of the Home for Volunteer Dis- abled Soldiers; was one of the founders of the Union Veterans' Legion and was twice elected its National Commander, and was Second Department Cominander of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Re- public. He resides at "Harwood," on the Ohio, about fourteen miles from Pitts- burg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
PEARSON, Edward Pennington:
Colonel United States Army; born at Lebanon, Pa., 1837; his father was Ed- ward P. Pearson, attorney-at-law; his mother was a daughter of Judge Fred- erick Smith of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Pearson was a civil engineer at Reading. Pa., and enlisted in the Ringgold Artillery of the Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, who were the first troops to reach Washington, April 18, 1861; Adjutant Twenty-fifth Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, May 1, 1S61; First Lieutenant Seventeenth Regular Infantry, June 24, 1861. He served in the Division of Regular Infantry. Fifth Army Corps, at the siege of Yorktown, battles of Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He was on the staff of Major General How- ard, commanding Eleventh Army Corps, at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; . transferred with Howard's Army Corps to the Army of the Cumber- land, and was present at the battles of Wauhatchie, Chattanooga, and the various actions and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, having his horse shot under him at the battle of Jonesboro when At- lanta was captured. When General How- ard was promoted to command the Army of the Tennessee, he asked for the trans- fer of Pearson, who, as his staff officer. accompanied the right wing on General Sherman's march to the sea, and partici- pated in the battle of Bentonsville, N. C. Captain Pearson was made a Major hy
brevet for gallant and meritorious ser- vices at the battle of _ Chancellorsville, Va., and a Lieutenant Colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services dur- ing the Atlanta campaign. As Captain of the Seventeenth Infantry he served in Texas, Dakota and Montana; as Major of the Twenty-first Infantry he served in Idaho, Oregon, Nebraska and Wyoming; as Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty-fourth Infantry he served in Indian Territory and Arizona; on his promotion to Colonel Tenth Infantry, October, 1891, he served in New Mexico and Oklahoma. In 1898, when General Shafter was organizing his expedition for the invasion of Cuba, Colo- nel Pearson was placed in command of the Second Brigade in Kent's Division. For his services at Santiago de Cuba, on General Kent's recommendation. he was promoted to the grade of Brigadier Gen- eral of Volunteers; he was mustered out as Brigadier General, Nov. 30, 1898, and eight days afterward was on his way with his regiment to Cuba again. General Ludlow, the military Governor of the City of Havanna organized all the troops in Havana as a Provisional Brigade under the command of Colonel Pearson. While in Cuba he had frequent returns of the Sanitago malaria, when the surgeons told him he must leave Cuba to save his life. He was retired after thirty-eight years of service in May, 1899, being over sixty- two years of age. Address, Hotel Not- tingham, Boston, Mass.
PEARSON, Johnson:
Lawyer; born in Mercer County, Pa., Jan. 10, 1819, a descendant of the Pear- son family who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn and settled in Dela- ware County of that State. Mr. Pearson spent his youthful days in hard work on his fathers farm, attending the district school, and entering in 1837 Allegheny College, where he graduated in 1840. He studied law in Mercer under his cousin Hon. Jolin J. Pearson, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and has practiced before the Mercer County Courts for more than sixty years. He was appointed Deputy Attorney General for the county in 1848. and this office being abolished in 1850. he was elected District Attorney in 1551. Originally a member of the Whig Party. and casting his first Presidential ballot for Wiliam Henry Harrison, in 1910, he joined the Republican Party on its organization in 1856, and since then has been an earn- est member of this party, though holding no office under it. Address, Mercer, Pa.
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PEARSON, Leonard:
Editor and writer on veterinary sub- jects; born Evansville, Ind., Aug. 17, 1868; graduated from Cornell with the de- gree of B. S., 18SS; graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as Veterinary Surgeon in 1890, and has been Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the same insti- tution since 1891, dean since 1897; State Veterinarian of Pennsylvania since 1835; Secretary State Live Stock Sanitary Board since 1896; member of the American Public Health Association; President Am- erican Veterinary Medical Association, 1899-1900; President Pennsylvania State Veterinary Association, 1895-1896; Repub- lican in politics. Has contributed many papers on the veterinary sciences and on zobtechnics, to veterinary, medical and agricultural journals, and in Johnson's Encyclopedia. Address, 36th and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
PEARSON, Thomas Warner:
Clergyman; born at Slippery Rock, But- ler County, Pa., Feb. 28, 1866. Father is Benjamin Pearson, M. D., and mother, : Elizabeth A. Wise. Studied Latin and Greek under Rev. James Wright, and spent two years at Grove City College, Pa., and four years at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., and graduated in the classi- cal department in 1800. Entered the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., 1800. and graduated 1893; spent one year in Princeton Theological Seminary. Married Elizabeth S. Larimer, of Easton, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894. Pastor of the Dilworth- town Presbyterian Church, Chester Coun- ty, Pa., 1894-1901. Became pastor of Lees- burg and Center Presbyterian Churches of Mercer County, Pa .; October, 1901. Ad- dress, Volant, Pa.
PEASE, Henry:
Superintendent of Schools. Titusville, Pa .: born at West Leyden, Lewis County, N. Y., May 30, 1856; prepared for college at the State Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Rochester in 1857 with the de- gree of A. B. He was married, in 18SS, to Flora J. Owen, of Randolph. N. Y .; has been engaged in school work all his life, and has had charge of the public schools at Holly, N. Y .; Tonawanda, N. Y .. and Medina, N. Y .; he was elected to his present position in 1897. Address, Ti- tusville, Pa.
PECK, E. W .:
President of the Pioneer Dime Bank.
Address, Carbondale, Lacakawanna Coun- ty, Pa.
PECK, John Sedgwick:
Electrical engineer; born in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20, 1871; educated at the Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Va .; was graduated from Cornell Univer- sity in 1892 with degree of M. E .; en- tered employ of the Westinghouse Elec- tric and Manufacturing Company, Febru- ary, 1893; worked in shop and testing room till transferred to the electric en- gineering laboratory. In 1896 was put in charge of transformer division of electrical engineering department, and occupies that position at the present time. Many of the largest transformers in the world have been designed by him or un- der his direct supervision. Member of the American Instiute of Electrical En- gineers and Secretary of the Pittsburg branch. Associate editor of the Electric Club Journal, and a contributor to the technical press and to the proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical En- gineers. Address, Box 911, Pittsburg, Pa.
PEIRCE, Charles Sanders:
Lecturer and engineer; born in Cam- bridge, Mass., Sept. 10, 1839; was gradu- ated from Harvard in 1859; Sc. B., 1863. Member of the National Academy of Sci- ences and other learned bodies. Married Juliette Froissy. He was a lecturer at Harvard University in 1903, and at the Lowell Institute in the winter of 1903- 1904. Is the author of "Photometric Re- searches." 1878; also memoirs and ar- ticles upon logie, history of science, psy- chology, metaphysies. mathematics, gravi- tation, astronomy. color-sense, map-pro- jections, engineering, early English pro- nunciation. Edited "Studies in Logic." by members of the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, 1883; "Linear Associative Algebra," by Benjamin Peirce, 1852. Contributed largely to the Century Dictionary and to the logical department of Balwin's Dic- tionary of Psychology and Philosophy. 1901, and to other encyclopedias. Ad- dress. Milford, Pa.
PEIRCE, Wilmot Grant:
Lawyer: born in Chester County, Pa., Nov. 7, 1863. Prepared for college in the West Chester State Normal School, and the R. M. Chase Collegiate School; was graduated from Harvard University in 1486. Entered the office of E. Coppee Mitchell as a law student in October,
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1886, and a few months later, at the death of Mr. Mitchell, the office of Riddle' & Ward. Received the degree of LL. B. from the University of Pennsylvania, and admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1888. Moved to St. Paul, Minn., in November, 1888, where he practiced law until Janvary, 1898. On April 18, 1894, married Jean- nette Newton Trevor. daughter of John B. Trevor, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Returned to Philadelphia in 189S. He is seventh in direct descent from George Peirce, the well-known Quaker immigrant, who set- tled in Chester County, Pa., soon after his arrival in Philadelphia in 1684. The early homestead of the Peirce family was "Peirce's Park," near Kennett Square, Pa. Address, 505 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PELTZ, Samuel:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1860; prepared for college in the Has- tings School; entered the College De- partment of the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1876, graduating B. A. in 1880. He then began the study of law in the offices of W. N. West and H. J. McCar- thy, and was admitted to the Philadel- phia bar in 1883; since then he has prac- ticed law in Philadelphia, and in 1883- 1884 was Assistant City Solictor. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1893 by the Republi- can Party. and while there served on the Ways and Means and the Judiciary Committees; the elevated railroad bill and other important matters of legisla- tion were advocated by him. Member of the Union League. the Lawyers' Club, and the Philadelphia Yacht Club. Ad- dress, 4211 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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PEMBERTON, Henry:
Arthor, chemist; born in Philadelphia, Feb. 11, 1826; educated in Philadelphia and under Daniel Murray, near Balti- more. For seventeen years he was Chief Chemist. Managing Director and Vice President of the Pennsylvania Salt Manu- facturing Company (chemicals); retired from business. In 1865 he contracted in Denmark for the monopoly of kyrolite for North and South America. Member of the American Philosophical Society, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- phia; Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and many others. Author of "The Path of Evolution Through Ancient Thought and Modern Science." 1903. Formerly & contributor to scientific journals, Ad- dress, 1947 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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