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Feb.,  1880 
wards  went  to  the  school  of  Dr. Wiley,  at  Eleventh  and  Market  streets,  then  known 
as  the  Latin  school.   At  this  school  he  received  hon'ors  for  proficiency  in  his  studies. 
After  leaving  this  school  he  entered  the  store  of  Daniel  B.  Smith,  as  an  apprentice 
to  the  drug  and  apothecary  business.  After  graduating  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  he  entered  into  business  with  his  brother,  John  Henry  Dingee  (also  a 
graduate  of  this  College),  on  Second  street,  near  South  street.  On  account  of  the 
impaired  health  of  Mr.  John  H.  Dingee,  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  Charles 
went  into  the  employ  of  Nicholas  Lennig,  where  he  remained  until  he  again  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  brother,  and  opened  a  store  at  No.  145  South  Front  street^ 
under  the  firm  name  of  Dingee  &  Brother,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  a  drug 
commission  business.  After  some  years  the  partnership  was  again  dissolved,  and 
the  business  conducted  by  C.  H.  Dingee,  retaining  the  old  name  of  Dingee  & 
Brother.  The  failure  of  his  sight  obliged  him  to  withdraw  from  active  business 
pursuits 5  he,  however,  retained  a  loom  in  the  building  where  his  business  had  been 
conducted,  and  here  he  spent  much  of  his  time. 
The  father  of  Mr.  Dingee  died  when  Charles  was  about  two  years  old,  and  his 
early  care  devolved  upon  his  mother  and  his  uncle,  John  Henry  Fenner.  From  these 
worthy  guardians  he  received  the  careful  religious  training  which  made  him  in  after 
life  a  man  of  integrity,  respected  by  all  his  business  associates  and  friends. 
He  married  early  in  life,  but  never  had  any  childien.  He  survived  his  wife  several 
years. 
Mr.  Dingee  died  from  paralysis  at  the  house  of  his  nephew,  1006  Clinton  street, 
on  the  30th  of  December,  1879,  in  the  75th  year  of  his  age  His  funeral  was 
attended  by  the  officers  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
J.  B.  Alphonse  Chevallier,  honorary  professor  of  the  superior  school  of  phar- 
macy at  Paris,  died  there  November  30,  in  the  87th  year  of  his  age.  The  deceased 
was  for  many  years  professor  at  the  Paris  school  of  pharmacy  and  a  member  of  the 
Academy  of  Medicine  and  of  the  Board  of  Health.  He  was  the  author  of  numer- 
ous essays  on  pharmaceutical  subjects,  of  which  many  will  be  found  in  the  earlier 
volumes  of  this  journal.  In  connection  with  A.  Richard  he  published  a  dictionary 
of  drugs,  and,  together  with  A.  Payen,  a  work  on  chemical  analysis.  His  most 
important  work  is  a  dictionary  of  falsifications  of  alimentary  and  medicinal  substances. 
The  deceased  was,  among  others,  an  honorary  member  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  and  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
J.  M.  Boutron-Charlard,  formerly  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  Paris,  died 
recently  in  that  city  at  the  age  of  83  years.  He  retired  from  active  business  in  1834. 
but  continued  his  scientific  researches,  many  of  which  were  made  conjointly  with 
Robiquet,  Pelouze,  Fremy  and  others.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine since  1824,  was  president  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Paris  in  1843,  and 
since  1835  "^as  one  of  the  editors  of  the  "Journal  de  Pharmacle  et  de  Chimie,"  in 
which  most  of  his  scientific  investigations  were  published.  Several  of  his  essays 
have  been  republished  in  the  earlier  volumes  of  this  journaU 
