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first  professor  of  pharmacy  in  that  institution.  This  pioneer  in  theo- 
retical instruction  was  in  the  apothecary  business  for  nearly  half  a 
century,  and  occupied  the  chair  of  Pharmacy  in  the  Maryland  Col- 
lege from  1 841  to  1847.  He  died  in  Baltimore,  May  6,  1873,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-one. 
The  Philadelphia  College  soon  recognized  the  importance  of 
separate  instruction  in  theoretical  pharmacy,  and  appointed  as  its 
professor  no  less  eminent  a  man  than  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.  This  noble 
individual,  who  is  usually  referred  to  as  "  the  Father  of  American 
Pharmacy,"  was  born  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  May  3,  1817.  He 
graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  in  1837  and  became  a 
member  of  the  College  in  1840.  The  chair  of  "Theoretical  and 
Practical  Pharmacy  "  was  instituted  in  1846  and  Mr.  Procter  was 
unanimously  chosen  to  fill  the  same.  He  occupied  the  chair  con- 
tinuously for  twenty  years,  and  then,  thinking  that  he  had  done  his 
share  ot  work  for  professional  advancement,  insisted  on  retiring. 
On  the  death  of  Prof.  Edward  Parrish,  in  1872,  a  unanimous  request 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  induced  Professor  Procter  to  resume  his 
teaching,  which  he  did,  continuing  to  his  death  in  1874. 
Professor  Procter  with  Charles  Ellis  and  Alfred  B.  Taylor  consti- 
tuted the  delegation  sent  by  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
to  the  meeting  in  New  York,  in  185 1,  from  which  originated  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Mr.  Procter  was  always  an 
active  member  of  that  Association  and  regularly  attended  its  meet- 
ings. Closely  associated  with  Professor  Procter  in  much  of  his 
work  was  Charles  Ellis,  at  one  time  apprentice  in  the  store  of 
Elizabeth  Marshall  and  the  subsequent  proprietor  of  the  same. 
For  more  than  fifty  years  Mr.  Ellis  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the 
College,  nearly  forty  of  which  were  in  an  official  capacity.  For 
fifteen  years  he  was  president  of  the  College,  succeeding  Daniel  B. 
Smith.  He  was  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy  and  served  forty-two  years  on  the  publishing  committee. 
Another  interesting  personage  of  this  period  was  Dr.  Robert 
Bridges,  the  professor  of  chemistry  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  from  1842  to  1879,  and  emeritus  professor  from  1879  to 
1882.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  March  5,  1806,  and  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1828.  Dr.  Bridges  was  a 
true  scientist,  unassuming  and  rather  retiring  in  his  disposition.  He 
was  nevertheless  appreciated  and  well  thought  of  by  members  of 
