THE 



CANADIAN RECORD 



OF SCIENCE 



VOL. IX. JANUARY, 1915 NO. 7 



DR. DAVID PEARCE PENHALLOW. 



Macdonald Professor of Botany, McGill University, 

 Montreal. 



A strong son of the resolute makers of New England, 

 Dr. Penhallow possessed the tireless energy, the ceaseless 

 industry, the love of enterprise, and the public spirit 

 which made members of his family honored citizens in 

 Portsmouth, N.H., for two hundred years. He was born 

 on the opposite shore of the Piscataqua River, at Kittery 

 Point, Me., on May 25th, 1854. Throughout twenty- 

 seven years of loyal service to Canada, to Montreal, and 

 to McGill University, he maintained his allegiance to his 

 native land and cherished the traditions of his early 

 home. 



When only nineteen, Dr. Penhallow graduated from 

 the Massachusetts State University, at Amherst. Later, 

 he obtained the degree of B.Sc. from Boston University 

 and that of D.Sc. from McGill University. 



In 1876 he was appointed Professor of Botany and 

 Chemistry in the Imperial College of Agriculture at 

 Sapporo, Japan. There he remained until 1880, acting 

 as President during the final year of his stay. Like 

 other young Americans to whom Japan turned for a 

 knowledge of western thought and methods, he learned 

 to love the country and its people. After returning to 



