Ati.  Jour.  Pharm.") 
November,  1896.  / 
Prof.  George  F.  H.  Markoe. 
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Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  which  he  had  joined  in  1864. 
Previous  to  this  time  several  attempts  had  been  made  to  establish  a 
course  of  study  for  pharmacists,  and  a  series  of  lectures  had  been 
given  by  well-qualified  men  upon  chemistry  and  pharmacy,  but 
these  had  received  but  little  support  from  the  pharmacists.  In  the 
spring  of  1867  Mr.  Markoe  and  Mr.  Lincoln,  being  duly  authorized 
by  the  college,  succeeded  in  drawing  together  a  sufficient  number 
of  the  drug  clerks  of  Boston  to  warrant  the  forming  of  a  class,  and 
a  course  of  nine  lectures  on  Practical  Pharmacy  was  given  by  Mr. 
Markoe.  The  interest  among  the  clerks  in  this  course  was  so 
marked  that  the  college  resolved  to  establish  a  permanent  school  of 
pharmacy,  and  the  next  winter  lectures  were  given  upon  Practical 
Pharmacy,  Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry,  Mr.  Markoe  being  the 
lecturer  on  Pharmacy.  His  connection  thus  established  with  the 
school,  as  a  teacher,  was  continued  to  the  day  of  his  death.  In 
1879  ne  was  transferred  to  the  chair  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry, 
succeeding  Professor  Merrick,  and  in  1892  he  was  returned  to  the 
•chair  of  Pharmacy,  after  the  resignation  of  Professor  Patch,  his 
former  successor. 
In  the  spring  of  1 896  he  was  forced  to  resign  this  position  by 
failing  health,  but  his  resignation  was  accepted  only  in  part,  he 
being  appointed  to  the  less  arduous  position  of  Professor  of  Indus 
trial  Pharmacy,  in  which  he  would,  had  he  lived,  have  made  his 
rich  experience  in  chemical  work  of  added  value  to  the  students  by 
lectures  upon  special  topics.  Unhappily,  he  never  had  the  oppor- 
tunity of  entering  upon  the  duties  of  this  office. 
In  1870  he  founded  the  Alumni  Association,  and  what  might 
almost  be  termed  his  last  public  appearance  was  at  the  twenty-fifth 
anniversary  of  this  association,  on  May  21,  1895.  He  was  decid- 
edly the  most  prominent  figure  at  this  gathering,  and  it  resolved 
itself  largely  into  a  dinner  in  his  honor. 
As  a  teacher  he  was  enthusiastic  and  sympathetic.  His  lectures 
abounded  in  information  of  a  practical  nature,  drawn  from  his  own 
experiences,  and  many  a  student  has  thanked  him  repeatedly  for  "  a 
pointer  "  in  his  manipulations. 
He  took  a  very  broad  view  of  pharmacy,  and  was  identified  with 
many  societies  belonging  to  the  allied  sciences.  He  joined  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1863,  and  served  as  its 
President  in  1875-76.    He  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  Boston 
