David Pearce Penhallow

Background

Penhallow, David Pearce was born on May 25, 1854 in Kittery Point, Maine, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Ann Josepha (Pickering) Penhallow.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts State College, 1873, Boston University, 1888. Master of Science, McGill University, 1896, Doctor of Science, 1904.

Career

Professor botany and chemistry, 1876-1880, acting president, 1879-1880, Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan. Botanist to Houghton Farm Experiment Station, 1882-1883. Professor botany, McGill University, since 1883.

Editor Canadian Record of Science, 1888-1890.

Associate editor American Naturalist, 1897-1907. Editor for paleobotany Botanisches Centralblatt, 1902-1907.

Achievements

• David Pearce Penhallow has been listed as a noteworthy botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member British Association commission on Canadian ethnology, 1897-1904 (chairman, 1902-1904).

Connections

Married Sarah A. Dunlap, May 4, 1876.

Father:

Andrew Jackson Penhallow

Mother:

Ann Josepha (Pickering) Penhallow

Spouse:

Sarah A. Dunlap