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Obituary. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\     March,  1888. 
held  the  position  of  president ;  in  1861  he  was  elected  Professor  of  Pharmacy, 
and  in  1879  was  transferred  to  the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  committee  for  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  in  1870. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, held  atBaltimore 
in  1856,  Dr.  Moore  became  a  member,  and  in  1862  was  elected  vice-president, 
and  in  1863  president,  and  in  1869  local  secretary  for  the  meeting  of  the  year 
following ;  he  also  served  several  times  on  important  committees,  and  when 
present  at  the  meetings  participated  in  the  discussions  expressing  his  views 
with  candor  and  vigor.  To  the  American  Journal  of  PHARMAcrhe  contributed 
several  papers  on  practical  pharmaceutical  topics. 
Dr.  Moore  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  for  two  years  was  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  City  Council  of  Baltimore. 
While  attending  religious  services  he  was  stricken  with  congestion  of  the 
brain,  expiring  within  forty-eight  hours  afterwards.  He  leaves  one  son, 
Clarence  Paris  Moore ;  his  wife  died  in  1866,  and  two  of  their  children  since. 
