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REMARKS OF ROBERT E. C. STEARNS 



ON THE LATE 



DOCTOR PHILIP P. CIlRPfNTER, 



BEFORE THE 



July 2d, 1877, 



Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Doctor of Philosoijliy, a corres- 

 ponding member of this Academy since the year 18G3, was 

 born in Bristol, England, on the fourth day of November, 

 1819, and died at his home, Brandon Lodge, Guy Street, 

 Montreal, C. E., on Thursday morning, May 24th, at seven 

 o'clock. 



Doctor Carj)enter was one of an illustrious family, distin- 

 guished alike for intellectual ability and moral excellence. 



His father was the late Rev. Dr. Lant Carpenter, well re- 

 membered as an eminent Unitarian divine ; his brother. Dr. 

 William B. Carpenter, is one of the foremost scientific thinkers 

 and writers of the day ; and his sister, Mary Carpenter, was 

 especially known as an active philanthropist, and of late for her 

 efforts to advance the education of her sex in India. The 

 death of this sister has recently been reported. 



Philip Carpenter, as he was familiarly, I might say affec- 



