Palmer, Walter Launt – Parke, John
Palmer, Walter Launt
artist, was born Aug. 1, 1854, in Albany, N. Y.
In 1881 he was elected a member of the Society of American Artists, and in 1887 he received the second Hallgarten prize for his January, which painting also gained him his election as an associate of the National academy. Among his works are Dining-Room at Appledale (1879); An Editor's Study; Waving Grain (1881); Venice; The Oat-Field; The Inlet; and An Early Snow.
Palmer, William Adams
lawyer, jurist, governor, United States senator, was born Sept. 12, 1791, in Hebron, Conn. He was a member of the Vermont legislature for six years; judge of the supreme court in 1816; and was a senator in congress from Vermont from 1818 to 1825. He was governor of Vermont from 1831 to 1835; a member of the constitutional convention of 1828 and 1836; and judge of probate and of the county court.
He was two years a state senator. He died Dec. 3, 1860, in Danville, Vt.
Palmer, William J
railroad president, was born Sept. 18, 1836, in Kent county, Del. Since 1883 he has been president of the Rio Grande Western railroad; and was also for several years president of the Mexican National railroad.
Palmer, William Ledyard
clergyman, was born Jan. 21, 1820, in Lenox, Madison county, N. Y. He graduated in 1856 from the collegiate department of the Madison university, now known as the Colgate university; and in 1859 he graduated from the theological department of the same institution, receiving in course the degree of A. M. For five years he was pastor in East Poultney, Vt.; for five years was pastor in West Cornwall, Vt.; for nine years was pastor in Middletown Springs, Vt.; for three years was pastor in Manchester, Mich.; and since 1896 has been pastor in Norvell, Mich. He has published sermons, addresses; and for half a century has contributed extensively to religious literature.
Palmer, William Pitt
business man, poet, was born Feb. 22, 1805, in Stockbridge, Mass. He was an insurance president of New York city, known also as a verse writer. He was the author of Light; and Echoes of Half a Century, a collection of poems. He died May 2, 1884, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Palmore, William B
clergyman, lecturer, editor, was born Feb. 24, 1844, in Fayette county, Tenn. He received his education at the Vanderbilt university. During the civil war he carried Gen. John S. Marmaduke's division flag while a boy in the confederate army. He has been a successful clergyman and lecturer; and for many years has been the editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate.
Pammel, Louis Hermann
botanist, was born April 19, 1862, in La Crosse, Wis. He attended the country schools, and in 1885 graduated from the university of Wisconsin; subsequently attending the Washington university of St. Louis, Mo., and doing research work in the Missouri botanical garden. For several years he was an assistant in the Shaw School of Botany; and was also employed by the Texas agricultural experi- . ment station. Since 1889 he has filled the chair of botany in the Iowa Agricultural college; and also botanist of the Iowa agricultural experiment station, and has been engaged to do some special work for the United States department of agriculture.
Pancoast, Joseph
educator, physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1805 in Burlington, N. J. He was an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia, professor of surgery in Jefferson Medical college in 1838- 74; and the author of Operative Surgery; Essays and Lectures; and System of Anatomy. He died March 7, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Pancoast, Seth
educator, physician, author, was born July 28, 1823, in Darby, Pa. He was a Philadelphia physician, professor in Pennsylvania Medical college in 1854-62; and the author of The Cabala; Consumption; Ladies' Medical Guide; Boyhood Perils; and Bright's Disease. He died Dec. 16, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Pancoast, William Henry
educator, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 11, 1835, in Philadelphia. In 1874 he succeeded his father as professor in Jefferson Medical college. In 1884 he secured the bodies of the Siamese twins, and proved that the band could not have been safely cut except in their childhood. He became professor of the Philadelphia Medico-chirurgical college in 1886.
Pangborn, Frederic W
journalist, poet, was born March 7, 1855, in St. Albans, Vt. For twenty years he has been connected with the Evening Journal of Jersey City, N. J., and is now its managing editor. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems, many of which have appeared in standard collections.
Paquin, Paul
physician, author, was born in 1860 in Canada. He is the author of The Supreme Passions of Man; The Microscopical Diagnosis of Human Nature; and The Basis of Character and the Diseases of Personality.
Pardee, Don A
soldier, jurist, was born March 29, 1837, in Wadsworth, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and graduated from the United States Naval academy. He served during the civil war as captain, major, lieutenantcolonel and brevet brigadier-general of the United States volunteers. He is a noted lawyer of New Orleans, La.; has been register in bankruptcy; in 1868 was elected state judge; and is now judge of the United States circuit court of the fifth judicial circuit.
Paret, Thomas Dunkin
inventor, was born Dec. 20, 1837, in New York city.
He has taken a leading part in the development and extension of grinding processes, and has been president of the Tanite company at Stroudsburg, Pa., which manufactures emery-wheels, since its organization in 1867. He has contributed many technical articles to scientific periodicals.
Paret, William
bishop of Maryland, was born Sept. 23, 1826, in New York city. He is the author of St. Peter and the Primacy of the Roman See; Our Freedom and Our Catholic Heritage; The Method and Work of Lent, and other works.
Parish, Aaron Smith
educator, was born Dec. 28, 1841, in Farmer, N. Y.
For over twenty years he has been proprietor of the Business college of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Parish, Elijah
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 7, 1762, in Lebanon, Conn.
He was a congregational minister, pastor at Byfield, Mass., in 1787-1825. He was co-author with Jedediah Morse of several geographical works, and wrote a New System of Modern Geography. died Oct. 15, 1825, in Byfield, Mass.
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Park, Benjamin
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1777, in New Jersey. From 1805 to 1808 he was a delegate in congress from Indiana territory; and was soon after appointed judge of the district court, which office he held until his death. He died July 12, 1835, in Salem, Ind.
Park, Edwards Amasa
educator, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 29, 1808, in Providence, R. I. He is a congregational clergyman in Andover, Mass., professor in the Theological seminary there in 1835-81; and the author of Discourses and Treatises on the Atonement; Discourses on Some Theological Doctrines as Related to the Religious Character; and Lives of S. Hopkins, and others.
Park, I. V
journalist, was born Dec. 7, 1848, in Franklin county, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the district schools, and subsequently attended the Wesleyan university of Bloomington, Ill. He has been a general writer for the press, and correspondent of leading metropolitan journals; and is now the editor and owner of The Daily and Weekly Times of Joliet, Ill.
Park, James
iron-master, was born Jan. 11, 1820, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1863 he was the first to introduce the Siemens gas-furnace into this country. He had a high reputation as a progressive leader among iron-masters, and was active in the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He died April 21, 1883, in Allegheny, Pa.
Park, John
physician, journalist, was born Jan. 7, 1775, in Windham, N. H.
In 1803 he established at Newburyport, Mass., the New England Repertory, a semi-weekly federalist journal, which he afterward transferred to Boston. In 1811 he disposed of his newspaper and established at Boston a high-school for young women, which he conducted with great success for twenty years. In 1814 he published the Boston Spectator. He died March 2, 1852, in Worcester, Mass.
Park, Roswell
educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born Oct. 1, 1807, in Lebanon, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman and educator, president and chancellor of Racine college in 1852-63; and the author of Sketch of the History of West Point; Jerusalem, and Other Poems; and Pantology, or Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge. He died July 16, 1869, in Chicago, Ill.
Park, Roswell
educator, author, was born in 1852 in Lebanon, Conn. He is a professor of surgery in the university of Buffalo from 1883 who has published Lectures on Surgical Pathology.
Parke, John
soldier, author, was born April 7, 1754, in Dover, Del. He was an officer in the American army during the revolution, who published The Lyric Works of Horace. The translation, in rhymed verse, was dedicated to Washington, and in it the names of American patriots were substituted for those of the Roman worthies. He died Dec. 11, 1789, near Dover, Del.