THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
APRIL,  i8g8. 
ALFRED  BOWER  TAYLOR. 
Alfred  Bower  Taylor,  son  of  Joseph  Taylor,  was  born  January  6, 
1824,  at  his  parents'  home,  448  N.  Sixth  Street,  Philadelphia.  He 
was  educated  at  Haddington  Boarding  School,  and  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  from  the  latter  institution  in  184 1.  He 
entered  the  drug  business  after  leaving  the  University,  Henry  C. 
Blair,  800  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  being  his  preceptor.  He 
graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1844. 
Subsequently  going  to  New  York,  he  entered  the  establishment  of 
Rushton  &  Co.,  on  Broadway,  afterwards  engaging  with  Hegeman  & 
Co.,  prominent  druggists  of  that  city.  Returning  to  Philadelphia  in 
1847,  he  bought  the  drug  store  at  the  Northeast  corner  of  Eleventh 
and  Walnut  Streets,  from  the  executors  of  the  Estate  of  Augustine 
Duhamel.  Here  he  remained  until  1853,  when  he  moved  to  larger 
quarters  at  the  Southeast  corner  of  Ninth  and  Walnut  Streets.  He 
continued  in  business  at  this  location  for  seven  years,  and  in  186 1 
moved  to  a  larger  store  at  1015  Chestnut  Street,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  successful  business.  In  1876  he  moved  to  31  S.  Eleventh 
Street,  and,  after  continuing  in  business  at  this  location  for  five 
years,  again  moved,  going  to  Ninth  Street  below  Chestnut,  under 
the  Continental  Hotel,  and  it  was  after  being  there  a  few  years  that 
he  retired  from  business.  During  the  remaining  years  of  his  life 
he  held  the  position  of  secretary  to  Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  Alfred  B.  Taylor  had  an  experience  of 
nearly  forty  years  in  the  retail  drug  business,  but  it  was  not  as  an 
apothecary  that  his  greatest  service  to  Pharmacy  was  rendered,  he 
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