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Parrott, Robert Parker

soldier, inventor, was born Oct. 5, 1804, in Lee, N. H. He was a captain of ordnance in the United States army, and invented the Parrott system of rifled cannon and projectiles. He died Dec. 24, 1877, in Cold Spring, N. Y.

PARRY, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER, botanist, author, was born Aug. 28, 1823, in England. He was a botanist of Davenport, Iowa, among whose writings are, Botanical Observations in Western Wyoming; and Botanical Observations in Southern Utah. He died Feb. 20, 1890.