Patterson, Robert
clergyman, author, was born in 1829 in Ireland. Since 1880 he has been pastor of a church in Brooklyn, Cal. His publications include The Fables of Infidelity and the Facts of Faith; The American Sabbath; The Sabbath, Scientific, American, and Christian; Christianity the only Republican Religion; Christ's Testimony to the Scriptures; and Egypt's Place in History.
PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL, educator, was born March 23, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected professor of natural philosophy and chemistry in the university of Philadelphia; professor in the university of Virginia from 1828 to 1835; and director of the United States mint, Philadelphia, from 1835 to 1853. He died Sept. 5, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa.