Philip Pearsall Carpenter
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| Born |
11 April 1819 Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 24 May 1877 (aged 58) Ste-Antoine Ward, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Residence | Ste-Antoine Ward, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | English |
| Years active | 1841–1877 |
| Known for | Minister, Malacologist or conchologist |
| Parent(s) | Lant Carpenter, Anna Penn |
| Relatives |
William Benjamin Carpenter (brother) Mary Carpenter (sister) Russell Lant Carpenter (brother) |
Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. (4 November 1819 – 24 May 1877), who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today. A man of many talents, he wrote, published, taught, and was a volunteer explaining the growing study of shells in North America.
Philip P. Carpenter was born in Bristol, England on 4 November 1819. His father was Lant Carpenter. His mother was Anna or Hannah Penn, daughter of John Penn and Mary. Anna was christened on 11 May 1787 in Bromsgrove, Worcester, England.
P. P. Carpenter, as he was called, was educated at Trinity Bristol College, and then Manchester College at York, gaining a BA from the University of London in 1841, the year of his ordination as a minister.
Carpenter was a Presbyterian Minister in Warrington between 1846 and 1862 and he studied the collection of shells in the local museum between 1860 and 1865, before moving to Canada.
He married Minnie Meyer in 1860. Minnie was born about 1830 in Hamburg, Germany. Her parents are unknown. In 1881 she was still living in their house in the Saint Antoine Ward of Montreal.
P. P. Carpenter died 24 May 1877 in Ste-Antoine Ward, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of typhoid complicated by rheumatism.
A memorial drinking fountain to Carpenter is situated in Bank gardens by the town hall in Warrington.
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