1880.] ^-LJ [Fraley. 



He was a doctor of medicine with considerable prac- 

 tice, but soon became a Professor in his favorite De- 

 partment of Chemistry. He succeeded Dr. Wood 

 as Professor of that subject in the College of Phar- 

 macy, and held the same Chair in the Franklin In- 

 stitute. He was subsequently chosen Professor of 

 Chemistry in the Jefferson Medical College, and held 

 that office until the day of his death. He was one of 

 the authors of the Dispensatory of the United States, 

 and wrote and published a good deal on the subjects 

 to which he devoted his attention. He was a liberal 

 donor to the Society, and for many years one of its 

 most useful and influential members. He was a man 

 of very noble personal presence, and courteous and 

 kind to his young associates. 



Next in the order of succession comes Alexander 

 Dallas Bache, another great-grandson of our illustrious 

 Founder. As Franklin Bache resembled Franklin in 

 many traits of character, Dallas Bache was regarded 

 by those who knew him intimately as being almost the 

 "tout ensemble" of the venerated sage and philoso- 

 pher. Like Franklin, he was not college bred, but 

 after an early training in our best private schools, 

 he was appointed a cadet, and finished his prepara- 

 tory education at the West Point Military Academy. 

 I say preparatory, for he never ceased to be a student 

 or to learn. He graduated from that institution with 

 great honor, and was in course appointed a Lieuten- 

 ant of the United States Artillery, and placed in 

 charge of the construction of fortifications at Newport, 

 Rhode Island. But he was an innate scientist, and was 

 soon called to act in that sphere, being chosen Profes- 

 sor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy in the Uni- 



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