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Parrish, Edward was born on May 31, 1822 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Joseph and Susanna (Cox) Parrish.
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Parrish, Edward was born on May 31, 1822 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Joseph and Susanna (Cox) Parrish.
He studied at a Friends" school, and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1842.
He was the first president of Swarthmore College. He was elected to membership in the College of Pharmacy in 1843, in 1845 a trustee, and in 1854 secretary of the College. He was appointed professor of materia medica in 1864, and in 1867 exchanged his chair with John Michael Maisch, taking that of practical pharmacy, on which branch he continued to lecture until his death.
Parrish"s shop was located close to the University of Pennsylvania, and in his discussions with the professors there he became impressed with the belief that students from all parts of the United States were coming to Philadelphia to study medicine and were leaving without a knowledge of pharmacy.
Many of these medical practitioners were returning to small towns and villages where there were no apothecaries, and their want of knowledge of pharmacy was a loss to themselves and a disadvantage to their communities. Thus in the fall of 1849, Parrish established a school of practical pharmacy at his shop whose curriculum was addressed especially to medical students.
By 1857, he had instructed 299 medical students from almost every state in the United States. Parrish was active in the movement that led to the founding of Swarthmore College, and was its first president 1868-1870.
In August, 1872, he was appointed commissioner to the Indians with a view toward establishing peace, but he was attacked by malarial fever and died.
Parrish joined the American Pharmaceutical Association at its first meeting in 1852, and filled various offices, including that of president in 1868.
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He was a member of the committee of revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia in 1850 and 1860. He was also a member of other societies, and was elected to honorary membership in associations in Great Britain.
Married Margaret Hunt, 1848, 5 children.