THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
JANUARY,  1895. 
HENRY  TROTH, 
Founder  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
Henry  Troth,  to  whose  enterprise  and  foresight  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  owes  its  existence,  was  born  in  Talbot  County, 
Maryland,  September  4,  1794.  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann 
Berry  Troth,  his  ancestors  being  among  the  early  settlers  of  Mary- 
land. After  acquiring  such  education  as  circumstances  permitted, 
he  came  to  Philadelphia  in  181 2,  and  was  apprenticed  to  Jeremiah 
Morris,  a  druggist,  in  business  on  the  north  side  of  Market  Street, 
below  Eighth. 
It  was  toward  the  close  of  the  war  of  1812  that  Henry  Troth 
became  satisfied  that  the  time  had  come  for  him  to  assume  graver 
responsibilities,  and  on  April  1,  18 15,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  brother-in-law  in  the  wholesale  drug  business,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Henry  Troth  &  Co.,  locating  the  new  business  upon  the 
south  side  of  Market  Street,  a  few  doors  below  Seventh.  In  18 16 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Henrietta  Henri,  of  Philadelphia.  He 
had  been  in  business  for  himself  but  six  years,  when  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  conceived  the  idea  of  teaching  pharmacy  to  young 
apothecaries,  and  conferred  the  degree  of  Master  of  Pharmacy  upon 
sixteen  apothecaries  already  established  in  business.  This  action 
aroused  the  independent  and  progressive  spirit  of  Henry  Troth,  and 
he,  with  his  friend,  Peter  Lehman,  called  upon  the  druggists  of  the 
city  of  Philadelphia  to  defend  their  right  to  educate  their  own  assist- 
ants, and,  the  project  having  been  favorably  received,  a  meeting  was 
held  in  Carpenters'  Hall,  February  23,  1821.    The  action  taken  at 
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