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favorite in the Western States and in California. 

 Her first appearance on the stage was at the old 

 Eagle Street Theater in Buffalo, as Duke of York in 

 " Richard III," with the elder Booth as Gloster, in 

 1845. She then became a member of the Eagle 

 Street Theater stock company, and for five years 

 served an arduous apprenticeship, during which she 

 rose, to a leading place. She married in 1853 Fred- 

 erick M. Kent, a popular actor, with whom she went 

 to California and engaged successfully in joint star- 

 ring performances for several years in San Fran- 

 cisco, Sacramento, and the mining towns of the 

 Sierras. Mr. Kent died on Dec. 24, 1857, and his 

 widow continued to play as a leading representative . 

 of the full round of standard dramatic heroines 

 until 1803, when she married Mr. Champney and re- 

 tired from the stage. Her last marriage was unfor- 

 tunate, and, a modest fortune acquired by her 

 ability as an actress having been dissipated, she 

 separated from her husband and endeavored to re- 

 sume her calling. After playing for a few years 

 as leading woman in Boston, Albany, and Philadel- 

 phia, she retired to the Forrest Home near Philadel- 

 phia, where she remained until her death. 



Parsloe, Charles Thomas, actor, born in New 

 York city, Oct. 1, 1836; died there, Jan. 22, 1898. 

 He was the son of an elder Charles Thomas Parsloe, 

 an English actor, who came to the United States in 

 1829. The youngest Parsloe became a call boy at 

 Burton's Chambers Street Theater in 1850. After 

 a time he was intrusted with small parts and ac- 

 quired a reputation as an actor of ability. He went 

 in 1857 to Wallack's Theater, in Broadway near 

 Broome Street, and here he became popular as a 

 comic dancer and pantomirnist as well as an eccen- 

 tric comedian. After some years of service in the 

 stock companies at Wallack's and the Union Square 

 Theaters he shared the honors of the success of 

 Bartley Campbell's play " My Partner " at the latter 

 playhouse, Sept. 16, 1879. His representation of a 

 good-natured California Chinamen, " Wing Lee," a 

 character strange to metropolitan audiences, was a 

 positive element in the favor with which the play 

 was accepted. A business association between 

 Louis Aldrich and Mr. Parsloe resulted, and "My 

 Partner " was played by them for many years in 

 the principal theaters of the United States and 

 Canada with great financial and artistic profit. Mr. 

 Parsloe and Mr. Aldridge always played their orig- 

 inal parts in the drama, the former the Chinaman 

 and the latter Joe Saunders, the heroic miner. Mr. 

 Parsloe retired from the stage about six years be- 

 fore his death. 



Parvin, Theophilus, physician, born in Buenos 

 Ayres, Argentine Republic,' Jan. 9, 1829; died in 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 29, 1898. He was graduated 

 fit the University of Indiana in 1847, and at the 



From 1883 till his death he held the chair similar 

 to the last in Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- 

 phia. He was president of the Indiana State Med- 

 ical' Society in 1861, and of the American Medical 

 Association in 1879. Dr. Parvin was a high au- 

 thority on his specialties and his technical works. 

 An original treatise on "The Science and Art of 

 Obstetrics" (Philadelphia, 1886) and an edition of 

 " Winchel on Diseases of Women " (1887) were cor- 

 dially received. 



Peet, Isaac Lewis, educator, born in Hartford, 

 Conn., Dec. 4, 1824 ; died in New York city, Dec. 

 27, 1898. He was graduated at Yale in 1845, and 

 at once entered upon his life work as an instructor 

 of the deaf and dumb. In 1867 his father retired 

 from the principalship of the New York Institute 

 after a service of thirty-six years, and the son, suc- 

 ceeding him, served for twenty-five years, when he 

 was retired with the title of principal emeritus. He 

 was graduated at Union Theological Seminary in 

 1849, but was never ordained. Columbia College 

 conferred the degree of LL. D. upon him in 1872. 

 He was a member of, and held office in, many soci- 

 eties connected with his work. In 1886 his inau- 

 gural address as president of the Medico-Legal So- 

 ciety of New York on " The Psychical Status and 

 Criminal Responsibility of the Uneducated Deaf 

 and Dumb" attracted much attention. He was a 

 prolific writer on subjects relating to his special 

 work. His chief works were "A Monograph on 

 Decimal Fractions " ; " Language Lessons for the 

 Deaf and Dumb " ; and " A Manual of Vegetable 

 Physiology." 



Pepper, William, physician, born in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.. Aug. 21, 1843 ; died in Pleasanton, Cal., 

 July 28, 1898. He was the second son of William 

 Pepper, M. D., for several years professor in the 

 University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated at 

 the collegiate department of that institution in 1862, 

 and at the medical in 1864. In 1868 he was chosen 

 lecturer on morbid anatomy in the university, and 

 in 1870 lecturer on clinical medicine. From 1876 

 till 1887 he was Professor of Clinical Medicine, and 

 he then succeeded Dr. Alfred Stille as Professor of 

 the Theory and Practice of Medicine. In 1881 he 

 was elected provost of the university, and he held 

 the office till 1894, when, on resigning, he presented 

 the university with $50,000. During his adminis- 

 tration as provost the number of professors and in- 

 structors increased from 88 to 268, and of students 

 from 981 to 2,180; the amount of land belonging 

 to the institution, from 15 to 52 acres; and the value 

 of grounds, buildings, and endowments, from $1,- 

 600,000 to more than $5,000,000. The Wharton 

 School of Finance and Economy, the School of 

 Philosophy, the School of Biology, the School of 

 American History, and the departments of veteri- 

 nary medicine, archaeology and palaeontology, and 

 hygiene were added during this period. Dr. Pepper 

 was also chiefly instrumental in securing the estab- 

 lishment of the University Hospital, on a site given 

 by the city at his solicitation. His most important 

 w'ork in the development of the university was in 

 the line of higher medical education. The exten- 

 sion of the course of study to four years was a result 

 of his appeals to the trustees and friends of the in- 

 stitution and his personal pledge to give $50,000 

 toward a permanent endowment of $250.000 for the 

 medical department and $1,000 annually for five 

 years toward a guarantee fund of $20,000 per annum 



medical department of the University of Pennsyl- during that time. Dr. Pepper was medical director 



vania in 1852, and settled in Indianapolis, Ind., "to of the Centennial Exposition of 1876 ; was the 



practice. In 1864-'69 he held a professorship in founder of the " Philadelphia, Medical Times," and 



the Ohio Medical College ; in 1869-'72 in the med- its editor in 1870-'71 ; was largely instrumental in 



ical department of the University of Louisville; the founding of the Pennsylvania Museum and 



nd in 1872-'83 that of Obstetrics and Diseases of School of Industrial Art ; was for many years a 



Women and Children in the Indiana Medical College, member of the Assay Commission of the United 

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