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Obituary. 
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\      Mar.,  1882. 
OBITUARY. 
George  Parker  Kettell  died  at  Charlestovvii,  Boston,  Nov.  13,  1881, 
where  he  had  been  in  business  for  nearly  forty  years.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmay,  and  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 
Prof.  Robert  Bridges,  M.D.,  died  in  Philadelj^bia  Feb.  20,  aged  76 
years.  A  full  biographical  sketch  of  the  deceased,  who  from  1839  to  1845 
acted  as  associate  editor,  and  from  1846  to  1881  as  a  member  of  the  Pub- 
lishing Committee  of  this  journal,  will  doubtless  be  prei)ared  by  the  pro- 
per committee  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  with  whicli  insti- 
tution the  deceased  was  connected  for  nearly  fifty  years.  The  following 
was  adopted  at  a  sjDCcial  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held  Feb.  21st: 
Whereas,  Robert  Bridges,  M.D.,  who  held  the  Chair  of  Chemistry  in 
this  College  for  thirty-seven  years,  deceased  on  the  20th  inst.,  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  tbe  College  desire  to  place  on  record  their  appreciation  of  the 
character  of  tlie  deceased  ;  therefore. 
Resolved^  That  this  Board  express  their  high  regard  for  the  conscien- 
tious fidelity  and  undeviating  integrity  with  which  he  discharged  his 
duties  as  a  professor. 
With  an  unselfish  disposition,  he  regarded  the  duties  of  a  teacher  as 
superior  to  j^ersonal  advancement,  and  the  even  tenor  of  his  course  is 
marked  by  real  work  accomplished. 
Resolved^  That  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Bridges  this  College  has  lost  a  mem- 
ber who  for  nearly  half  a  century  has  taken  a  lively  interest  in  its  affairs, 
and  the  Board  of  Trustees  its  chairman  for  many  years. 
Resolved^  That  the.  members  of  tiie  Board,  as  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the 
memory  of  their  fellow-member,  will  attend  his  funeral. 
Thomas  P.  James  died  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  22,  in  the  seventy- 
ninth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  Sept.  1,  1803,  at  Radnor,  Chester 
county,  Pa.,  received  his  early  education  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  learned  the 
drug  business  in  Philadelphia,  and  afterwards  was  for  many  years  in  this 
city  the  proprietor  of  a  wholesale  drug  store  on  Market  below  Eighth 
street.  He  joined  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1838,  served 
on  the  Publishing  Committee  from  1845  to  1849,  and  was  elected  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  for  a  series  of  years.  Botany  was  his  favorite  study, 
more  especially  the  cryptogams,  and  he  was  elected  Professor  of  Botany 
in  1864  by  the  Pennsylvania  Horticultural  Society,  of  which  the  deceased 
had  been  Secretary  for  23  years.  He  had  also  been  President  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Drug  Exchange,  Treasurer  of  the  American  Pomological  Society 
and  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  and  of  the  American 
P^harmaceutieal  Association.  Since  about  the  year  1869  he  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Cambridge.  / 
