59^  Prof.  George  F.  H.  Markoe.  { 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
November,  1896. 
Scientific  Society,  the  Horticultural  Society,  the  Society  of  Arts, 
the  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  Massachusetts  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  Boston  Druggists'  Association,  etc. 
He  lectured  frequently  before  some  of  these,  and  presented  many 
papers  to  others.  Indeed,  his  literary  work  was  confined  almost 
entirely  to  papers  which  he  prepared  for  the  scientific  societies  of 
which  he  was  a  member.  The  Proceedings  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  con- 
tain many  of  these. 
In  1872  he  attended  the  meetings  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference  in  England,  and,  upon  motion  of  the  late  Daniel  Han- 
bury,  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  that  body.  His  visit  was 
most  auspicious  and  he  made  many  valued  friends  across  the  water. 
In  1878  he  again  visited  England,  and  the  cordiality  with  which  he 
was  received  was  among  the  pleasantest  memories  of  his  life. 
His  honorary  membership  in  the  Royal  Pharmaceutical  Society 
of  Brussels  and  several  of  the  pharmaceutical  schools  and  societies 
of  the  United  States  bespeaks  the  esteem  with  which  he  was  held 
here  as  well  as  abroad. 
In  1 891  Dartmouth  College  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Commit- 
tee of  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  for  nearly  three  decades, 
having  been  actively  engaged  in  the  revisions  of  1870,  1880  and 
1890.  His  death  makes  the  second  vacancy  in  that  committee 
within  a  year. 
He  served  as  instructor  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School  from 
1872  to  1879. 
In  1890  he  retired  from  the  retail  store  in  Roxbury  and  accepted 
a  position  with  the  Burnett  Company,  of  Boston,  as  managing 
chemist.  Much  of  his  time  here  was  occupied  in  originating  and 
perfecting  new  products,  and  during  the  few  years  that  he  was  with 
them  he  saw  a  line  of  color  pastes,  smelling  salts  and  toilet  per- 
fumes, all  of  his  own  devising,  successfully  launched  upon  the 
market. 
It  was  on  the  floor  of  his  private  laboratory  at  the  Burnett  Build- 
ing that  he  expired  suddenly,  some  time  during  the  late  afternoon 
or  the  evening  of  Thursday,  September  24th.  Apoplexy  was  the 
immediate  cause  of  his  death,  and  a  sudden  end  was  expected  by 
those  who  understood  his  condition. 
Professor  Markoe  was  twice  married.    In  1866  he  was  united  to 
