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University of Pennsylvania Catalogue, 1835 OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF THE Wm,: 'mmr' Wf UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA: February, 1835. jMk m TRUSTEES. THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, Ex Officio, President of the Board. RT. REV. WILLIAM WHITE, D. D. WILLIAM RAWLE, LL. D.V BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, JAMES GIBSON, HORACE BINNEY, LL. D. WILLIAM MEREDITH, * ROBERT WALN, JOHN SERGEANT, LL. D. THOMAS CADWALADER, PETER S. DUPONCEAU, LL. D. NICHOLAS BIDDLE, CHARLES CHAUNCEY, LL. D. JOSEPH HOPKINSON, LL. D. JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL, REY. PHILIP F. MAYER, D.D. PHILIP H. NICKLIN, RT. REV. HENRY U. ONDERDONK, J). D. JAMES S. SMITH, EDWARD S. BURD, JOHN KEATING, GEORGE VAUX, REV. WILLIAM H. DE LANCEY, D. D. REV. ALBERT BARNES, JOHN M. SCOTT, JAMES C. BIDPLE, Secretary and Treasurer. FACULTY OF ABTS. REV. JOHN LUDLOW, D. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Provost. REV. SAMUEL B. WYLIE, D. D. Professor of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Languages. ALEX. DALLAS BACHE, A. M. Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. EDWARD H. COURTENAY, A. M. Professor of Mathematics. HENRY REED, A. M. Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. A. D. BACHE, Secretary of the Faculty. HENRY D. ROGERS, A. M. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy. AUGUSTUS DE VALVILLE, Instructor in French. HERMANN BOKUM, Instructor in German. FREDERICK DICK, Janitor. ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT. REV. SAMUEL W. CRAWFORD, A. M. Principal and Teacher of Classics. THOMAS M'ADAM, Teacher of English. JOHN M'KINLEY, A. B. ROBERT H. BEATTIE, A. B. Assistants in the Classics. THOMAS M'ADAM, JR. Assistant in the English School. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. PHILIP SYNG PHYSICK, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Anatomy. Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy. NATHANIEL CHAPMAN, M. D. Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Physic and Clinical Medicine. WILLIAM P. DEWEES, M. D. Professor of Midwifery. ROBERT HARE, M. D. Professor of Chemistry. WILLIAM GIBSON, M. D. Professor of Surgery. WILLIAM E. HORNER, M. D. Professor of Anatomy. SAMUEL JACKSON, M. D. Assistant to the Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Physic and Clinical Medicine. % WILLIAM E. HORNER, M. D. Dean of the Faculty. JAMES B. TRUET, Janitor. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS. U5ÌDERGRADIIATES, 1834-5. SENIOR SOPHISTERS. NAHES. RESIDIKCKS. Joseph Alexander, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. George Ashbridge, Do. Downingstown. James I. Bidermann, Delaware. Wilmington. Robert Y. Black, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Charles Breck, Do. Bustieton. Colin C. Cooper, Do. Philadelphia. Alexis I. Du Pont, Delaware. Wilmington. Robert Earp, jr. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Joseph N. Emlen, Do. Do. Robert Fleming, Do. Do. Eduard Ingersoll, Do. Do. Charles Kirkham, Do. Do. John M'Clintock, jr. Do. Do. Alexander M'Kinley, Do. Do. William H. Odenheimer, Do. Do. David J. Patterson, Do. Philadelphia, N. Richard R. Smith, Do. Philadelphia. Charles T. Stewart, New Jersey. Bordentown. George L. Taylor, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Joseph Tiers, Do. Do. William C. Twells, Do. Do. Senior Sophisters, 21. JUNIOR SOPHISTEKS. NAXIS. RESIDENCES, Frederick W. Boyd, Maine. Portland. William W. Bronson, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Richard M. Cooper, jr. New Jersey. Camden. William D. Cooper, Do. Do. Charles H. Ewing, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Charles C. Gardner, District of Columbia. Alexandria. John P. Hall, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Thomas C. Harvey, Do. Do. Charles R. Kay, Do. Do. John T. Maul], Do. Do. Richard Newton, jr. Do. Do. Robert A. Parrish, Do. Do. John J. Reese, Do. Do. John Seip, Do. Germantown. Theodore W. J. Wylie, Do. Philadelphia. Junior Sophisters, 15. SOPHOMORES. EESIDEHCES. NAMES. Azel B. Bacon, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. John R. Baker, Do. Do. John Bohlen, jr. Do. Do. Charles L. Borie, Do. Do. George L. Buzby, Do. Do. Aaron D. Chaloner, Do. Do. Marine T. W. Chandler, Do. Do. John M. Clarkson, Do. Do. John Clayton, Delaware. Wilmington." Alexander C. Ferguson, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Franklin D. Harris, Do. Do. Samuel R. Keemle, Do. Do. Charles W. Kinsman, Do. Do. Joseph Klapp, jr. Do. Do. William R. M'Adam, Do. Do. Thomas P. M'Crea,. Do. Do. John Neill, Do. Do. Hammond Ogden, Canada. Montreal. John A. Riston, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Francis G. Smith, Do. Do. Anthony E. Stocker," Do. Do. William H. Van Beuren, Do. Do. Edward Wharton, Do. Do. James C. Worrell, Do. Do. Sophomores, 24. FRESHMEN. RESIDENCES. NAMES. Alexander Biddle, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. John Burton, Do. Do. William Cadwalader, Do. Do. George Colhoun, Do. Do. John M. Connell, Do. Do. Theodore Cuyler, Do. Do. "William B. Diver, Do. Do. William W. Fleming, Do. Do. William Gibson, Do. Do. William J. Grayson, South Carolina. Beaufort. Henry D. Gregory, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Ashbel G. Harned, Do. Do. Franklin Hewson, Do. Do. Abraham Juvenal, Do. Do. William W. Juvenal, Do. Do. John Lambert, jr. Do. Do. Peter Lesley, jr. Do. Do. Lawrence Lewis, jr. Do. Do. John L. Ludlow, Do. Do. Edward W. Magenis, Do. Do. Edward M'Kinley, Do. Do. Robert M. Mitcheson, Do. Do. John M. Orr, Do. Do. Lawrence S. Pepper, Do. Do. Howard N. Potts, Do. Do. George E. Scott, Do. Do. Lewis A. Scott, Do. Do. John G. Smith, Do. Do. Stephen D. Smith, Do. Do. Isaac Sulger, Do. Do. Henry H. Tucker, Do. Do. Edward Twells, Do. Do. James W. Woods. Do. Do. Freshmen, S3. Seniors - - 21 Juniors ... - I 15 Sophomores - • - - - -f 24 Freshmen - 33 a MEDICAL CLASS.—SESSION 1884-5. MATRICULANTS. NAMES. RESIDENCES. COCHSB. Allison, J. Joseph, Philadelphia. 1 Averitt, Lewis H. Virginia. 1 Ashe, William C. Alabama. 1 Anderson, Joseph M. Tennesset. 1 Atkinson, Joseph N. Virginia. Ard, Andrew W. Georgia. 1 Alston, James, North Carolina. 1 Anthony, John, Virginia. Adams, Charles P. H. Mississippi. Bedford, Charles R. Alabama. 1 Boulware, William P. Virginia. 1 Briggs, Isaac S. (M. D.) New York. 1 Burton, Seldon, M. Virginia. 1 Baud uy, Peter John, Delaware. 1 Bartlett, John, Barbadoes. Brown, John R. Pennsylvania. 1 Butt, Jeremiah, jr. Georgia. 1 Bates, William J. Ohio. Brinker, George M. - Virginia. 1 Banks, George G. Do. 1 Bacon, William B. (M. D.) Georgia. 2 Baynham, William A. Virginia. 1 Bache, George M. Philadelphia. 2 Barnett, James W. Virginia. 2 Blackman, Josiah, North Carolina. 2 Buffington, Lee W. Philadelphia. 1 Barber, Lucius I. Connecticut. 1 Bussy, John B. Georgia. 2 Bush, Lewis P. Delaware. 2 Barclay, John 0. C. Philadelphia. 2 * The course indicates merely the number of times the individual has matri- culated in this school. COURSE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Boykin, Anthony G. Virginia. 1 Booth, Robert N. Do. 3 Biddle, John B. Philadelphia. 2 Brown, Thomas, Do. 3 Browning, John, New Jersey. 1 Brown, Alexander, Do. 3 Blackwell, Thomas M. North Carolina. 1 Blount, Thomas W. Do. 2 Brown, Granville L. Virginia. 1 Butler, John B. Do. 2 Baker, George R. Delaware. 2 Browne, Peter, Virginia. 2 Boutwell, William S. Do. 2 Boyer, Conrad R (M. D.) Philadelphia, 4 Brady, Thomas, Do. 1 Boyer, Valentine A. Illinois. 2 Beale, Joseph, jr. Philadelphia. 2 Brown, John H. Virginia. 1 Bryant, Thomas S. U. S. Army.. 4 Beattie, Robert H. Philadelphia. 1 Burks, Nicholas H. Virginia. 2 Bradford, Samuel, (M. D.) Philadelphia. 4 Campbell, James R. * Philadelphia. 1 Cary, Samuel B. Virginia. 1 Couch, Charles F. Virginia. 1 Corbin, Charles, ' Barbadoes. 1 Craighead, William G. Virginia. 2 Craghead, Joseph G. a Tennessee. 1 Cage, John F. Do. 1 Crump, James M. Virginia. 2 Chrisman, John B. Pennsylvania. 3 Clarke, Richard, Virginia. 1 Courtney, William D. Pennsylvania. 1 Creigh, Thomas, Virginia. 2 Clymer, Meredith, Philadelphia. 1 Cole, William C. Maryland. 1 Colhoun, Anthon R. Do. 1 Covington, Albert, Louisiana. 2 Casey, William B. New York. 1 Callihand, Phares W. Mississippi. 1 Comly, Isaac, Philadelphia. 1 NAMES. RESIDENCES. COUBSX Chase, Heber, New Hampshire, 1 Carr, James H. Philadelphia. 1 Chambers, Benjamin F. South Carolina. Cushing, Erastus, (M. D.) Massachusetts. 1 Dorn, Dinsly, South Carolina. 1 Downing, Arthur W. Virginia. 1 Dickinson, James R. Do. 1 Dunbar, Joseph, - Mississippi. 1 Davis, Meredith, Maryland. Duval, Henry A. Philadelphia. 1 Davies, John B. Virginia. 1 Davison, Alexander, M. D. Do. 2 Dyer, John, jr. Pennsylvania. 2 Downing, William D. Do. 3 Dillon, Alexander S. Virginia. 1 Deavenport, Mathew, Tennessee. 1 Dickeson, Thomas P. New Jersey. 2 Dickeson, Montroville, » Philadelphia. 4 Drake, John C. North Carolina. 1 Dunlap, Joseph B. Philadelphia. 1 Draper, John W. Virginia. 1 Dove, James, Do. 1 Dubs, Samuel B. Philadelphia. 3 Dibrell, Matthew W. Virginia. 1 Durell, Charles J. F. New Hampshire. 1 Dozier, Richard H. North Carolina. 1 Dashiell, Richard R. Philadelphia. 2 Dulaney, Benjamin, District of Columbia. 2 Draper, Abijah W. Massachusetts. 2 Davis, T. Lancaster, England. 2 Eddy, ^Norman, . New York. - 2 Evans, Edmund C. Philadelphia. 3 Eckard, Frederick S. Do. 3 Earle, Michael B. South Carolina. 1 Egbert, William M. New Jersey. 2 Elmer, William, Do. 2 Ely, Horace, North Carolina. 1 Eubank, Thomas N. Virginia. 1 Elam, Albert M. Do. 2 Fisher, Samuel B. •. Virginia. 2 Fussell, Edwin, Pennsylvania. 2 MEDICAL CLASS. —SESSION 1834-5. 13 . COURSE, NAMES. RESIDENCES. Fell, Towsend, Pennsylvania. 1 Farley, Wilson J. Do. 4 Fromberger, John H. Delaware. 2 Fitter, Joseph P. (M, D.) Philadelphia. 5 Frink, Lorenzo, North Carolina. 1 French, William, Louisiana. 2 Foster, Archibald T. Virginia. 2 Green, Traill, Pennsylvania 3 Gibson, Charles B. Do. 3 Grimshaw, James, Philadelphia. 1 Guyton, Charles B. Georgia. 2 Gallaher, Thomas D. Philadelphia. 2 Goodell, George, New Jersey. 2 Gorham, Daniel, Louisiana. 1 Goelet, Edward H. North Carolina. 1 Gill, Charles, New Jersey. 1 Gilliams, Lewis S. Philadelphia. 3 Granier, Elias D. Do. 1 Glassell, Andrew M. (M. D.) Virginia. 3 Guillou, Charles F. B. Philadelphia. 2 Grant, Edward J. New Jersey. 1 Garland, John B. Virginia. 2 Graft', Frederick, Philadelphia. 1 Hatchett, Richard J. H. Virginia. 2 Hogg, Thomas T. Nashville. 1 Holmes, Janson W. Mississippi. 2 Hepburn, James C. Pennsylvania. 2 Hepburn, William, Do. 2 Harvey, J. Lownes, Philadelphia. 2 Hope, Mathew B. Pennsylvania. 1 Holman, George P.
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