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Obituary. 
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1  Feb.,ls91. 
OBITUARY. 
Henry  Bowman  Brady  died  at  Bournemouth,  England,  January  10,  in  the 
fifty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  the  son  of  Henry  Brady,  surgeon,  of 
Gateshead-upon-Tyne,  was  educated  at  schools  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
became  an  apprentice  in  pharmacy  in  1850  at  Leeds,  and  in  1855  started  in 
business  for  himself  in  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  laying  the  foundation  for  the  firm 
of  Brady  &  Martin,  from  which  he  retired  in  1876.  Mr.  Brad}-  was,  for  many 
years,  a  member  of  the  Council  and  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  of  Great  Britain,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  and  original 
members  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  holding  the  office  of 
Treasurer  from  1864  to  1870,  and  of  President  in  1872  and  1873.  Prominent 
among  his  contributions  to  pharmaceutical  literature  are  the  papers  on  micro- 
scopical research  in  pharmacy,  and  on  the  micro-chemical  examination  of 
extract  of  flesh,  which  he  and  the  late  Henry  Deane  presented  to  the  Confer- 
ence during  the  years  1864,  '65  and  '66.  His  chief  scientific  work  was  a  report 
on  Foramiferae  forming  Part  XXII  of  the  zoological  reports  on  the  scientific 
results  of  the  voyage  of  H.  M.  S.  Challenger  which  was  officially  indicated  in 
1884  as  being  "  the  largest  section  which  has  been  published  up  to  the  present 
time."  During  his  travels  in  various  countries  of  the  different  continents,  Mr. 
Brady  visited  North  America  several  times,  and  in  1871  was  present  at  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  St.  Louis,  then  pre- 
senting from  his  friend,  the  late  Daniel  Haubury,  a  very  interesting  historical 
paper  "on  the  exports  of  Virginia,  A.D.  1610."  The  deceased  was  honored 
by  receiving  from  the  University  of  Aberdeen  the  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1888,  and 
by  being  placed  upon  the  roll  of  honorary  members  by  many  scientific  socie- 
ties, among  them  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  by  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Notice  of  the  decease  of  the  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  has  been  received  : 
Ella  Amerman,  class  1888,  died  January  11,  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  had 
been  under  medical  treatment  for  several  months.  She  was  born  at  Danville, 
Pa.,  November  27,  i860.  After  graduation  she  opened  a  pharmacy  in  Scranton, 
and  was  quite  successful  in  business  until  compelled  to  relinquish  it  in  the  fall 
of  last  year,  owing  to  her  impaired  health. 
William  G.  Baker,  class  1842,  died  at  Lancaster,  Pa.,  December  28  last.  He 
learned  the  business  in  Philadelphia,  and  for  the  last  45  years  was  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  in  Lancaster. 
Samuel  Levin  Dilks,  class  1868,  died  January  15,  of  Bright's  disease.  He 
had  been  in  business  for  several  years  at  Sixth  and  Pine  Streets,  in  Philadelphia. 
/.  Estell  Evans  died  at  Bridgeton,  N.  J.,  January  4,  aged  51  years.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  Wm.  R.  Warner  &  Co. 
Anthony  J.  Olmstead,  class  1835,  died  in  Morristown,  N.  J.,  January  30,  1888. 
After  graduation  he  carried  on  a  wholesale  business  in  drugs  and  dyestuffs,  from 
which  he  retired  in  1856,  devoting  the  remainder  of  his  life  to  agriculture, 
horticulture  and  to  natural  history. 
