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Bois, Patterson Du was born in 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Ewing D. (late curator of cabinet, United States Mint, Philadelphia) and Susanna (Eckfeldt) D.
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Bois, Patterson Du was born in 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Ewing D. (late curator of cabinet, United States Mint, Philadelphia) and Susanna (Eckfeldt) D.
Educated Philadelphia High school and by private tuition. Student Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, and in studios of D. Ridgeway Knight and Peter Moran.
Doctor Jesse C. Green, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1875. In assay department, Philadelphia Mint, 1867, assistant assayer, 1882. Assistant editor The Sunday School Times (Philadelphia), 1886-1900.
Literature adviser F. H. Revell Company, 1901. Lecturer and writer on child culture and religious and general education On committee Standard Dictionary on disputed spellings and pronunciations. Author: Beckonings from Little Hands, 1893, 1900.
The Point of Contact in Teaching, 1896, 1900. Fireside Child Study, 1903. The Practice of Salvation, 1913.
Home: Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Clara, d.