Author, U: In Memoriam Leonard Pearson -

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Excerpt from In Memoriam Leonard Pearson: Born August 17, 1868; Died September 20, 1909; State Veterinarian of Pennsylvania, 1895-1909 Dr. Leonard Pearson was born in Evansville, Indiana, Aug ust 17, 1868. His parents were Leonard and Lucy Small (jones) Pearson, who were of Puritan ancestry. He died at Spruce Brook, Newfoundland, Monday morning, September 20, 1909. Much of his early education was by home instruction from his mother. In 1884 he entered Cornell University, and was graduated in 1888 as a bachelor of science in the agricultural course. He was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity and the society of the Sigma Xi. While at Cornell he became interested in veterinary work, and in 1887 he was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture under Professor James Law, his life-long friend, in assisting to stamp out contagious pleuro pneumonia of cattle in the vicinity of Chicago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.