Vol. 28 



No. 7 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



JULY 1901 



Thomas Conrad Porter 



By N. L. Britton 



(With Portrait) 



Professor Porter died suddenly at his home in Easton, Pa., on 

 the evening of April 27, 1901. He was born at Alexandria, Pa., 

 January 22, 1822, and was thus over seventy-nine years of age. 

 His end was painless ; he was writing a letter when the stroke 

 came that ended his long and valuable life. 



His boyhood was spent at Alexandria and at the Harrisburg 

 Academy, Harrisburg, Pa. He was graduated from Lafayette 

 College in 1840, and received the degree of Master of Arts from 

 that institution in 1843, after studying theology for a time at Prince- 

 ton Seminary. He was pastor of the Second Reformed Church 

 at Reading, Pa., from .1848 in 1849 and in l8 4 8 was elect ed to 

 the professorship of natural sciences in Marshall College, Mer- 

 cersburg, P a ., and subsequently upon the union of that institution 

 with Franklin College forming the present Franklin and Marshall 

 College, he occupied the same chair until 1866, in which year he 

 accepted a call to the Jesse Chamberlin professorship of Botany in 

 Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., which he held until January, 1897, 

 teaching also zoology and general' geology, thus having served 

 the institution for 30 years. At this time he retired from active 

 professional duties, but retained a connection with Lafayette as 

 Emeritus Professor, Dean of Pardee Hall, and Curator of the 

 Botanical Collections, until his death. 



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