Pittsburgh's steel, iron, glass, and other industries require an expert knowledge of Chemistry, which has always been a favorite study in the High School. Of the scholarly men who have taught it none have been more successful than Dr. Charles Black, Professor of Chemistry from 1878 till his death in January, 1887.
Charles Black was born November 7, 1842, in Phillipsburgh, Province of Quebec, Canada. He was the oldest child of Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black. His father was a native of Ireland, and a sergeant-major in the British army, in which he had served twenty-three years. Charles Black's primary education was in the schools of Cobourg, Ontario. When he was fourteen years old his father died and the boy had a useful business experience of three years as a clerk in McCollum's dry-goods store in Cobourg, continuing his studies under tutors and preparing himself for teaching.
From 1858 to 1880 he attended St. Francis College, Richmond, Quebec, the first year the the Grammar School and two years in the College. He was a very bright student, excelling in the classics and noted for his remarkably fine memory. He passed the Intermediate Examination of McGill University, Montreal, with which institution St. Francis College was then affiliated, and continued his studies in McGill and also in the University of Laval, located in the city of Quebec.
From 1861 to 1868 he was principal of Inverness academy in Quebec, and later was instructor in the Quebec High School, teacher in Port Hope, Ont., and in the Peterboro Collegiate Institute, Ont. He took advanced courses in the Government Military School in Quebec for training officers for the Canadian volunteers and was appointed first captain of the Megantic Light Infantry. He was fond of military life; but preferring scientific pursuits he continued his studies with a course in medicine in the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, receiving the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black practised medicine several years in Clayton, N. Y., and as a non-resident student of Syracuse University, received his A.B. in 1875 entirely on examination in all the studies of the course,--a notable feat of memory, the sole instance of its kind in the institution's history, admired by the thirty-three members of '75, twelve of whom received the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black was engaged in professional work and teaching in Mount Forest, Ont., and meantime did advanced work in Chemistry and in Medicine in the University of Michigan, M.D. '77. He was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Pittsburgh High School in 1878. In the holiday season of 1886 he suffered from a severe cold which was followed by complications that caused his death at twenty minutes past three o'clock on Monday morning, January 10, 1887, at his home, 4900 Liberty Avenue. He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
Dr. Black was a gifted man, of unusual attainments in many other departments that his specialties, a thorough worker, and an excellent instructor. His was a specially happy temperament and he lived the serene life of the scholar and scientist. He was at home on the lecture platform, had a large medical practice in the Bloomfield district, and his ability as a n analytical chemist made him an important witness in court.
From earliest childhood he was very studious, happiest when with his books, the scholar of the family, and is so remembered with pride by his honored mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wickens Black, of Cobourg, Ont., and by his brothers and sister: William Black and Mrs. Sarah Jane Pringle, of Cobourg, Ont.; Frederick John Black, of Tweed, Ont.; Robert Black, of Paducah, Ky.; and Harrty St. Francis Black, of New York City,--his other sister, Alma Francis Black, (Mrs. Charles Belt), being deceased.
Dr. Black was a member of the Pittsburgh Engineers' Society and was interested in all departments of science. He was a devout Christian, for many years a vestryman in St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church in Pittsburgh, and personaly an interesting and delightful man. At Inverness, Quebec, in 1868 he married Miss Elizabeth Hill, who died July 12, 1880, leaving two daughters: Miss Naomi Alice Black, of Pittsburgh; and Grace Ethelwyn Black, now Mrs. Alexander Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
On July 21, 1881, Dr. Black married Miss Pauline Bartberger, of Pittsburgh, who survives his with three children: Agatha Agnes Black, now Mrs. Edward John Aul, of Pittsburgh; Miss Olive Black; and Nelson Black; her oldest child, Harry Erwin Black, having died January 7, 1897. Dr. Black's grandchildren are Charles Lyman Cruikshank and Kenneth Melrose Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
His Eulogy
Dr. Charles Black was born near the St. Francis River in Canada. [His parents were Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black.] He attended school at St. Johns and St. Francis College in Richmond, Canada. He graduated with high honors at the McGill University, Montreal and subsequently from the Medical Department of Ann Arbor University, Michigan.
With all his profound attainments and wide culture obtained through these advantages and supplemented by assidious devotion to literature, science and medicine, Dr. Black was one of the most retiring , unassuming men of letters in Pittsburgh and only those who knew him intimately, appreciated his culture worth and social traits.
As a physician of excellent repute, will his loss be felt in this Community, for his surgical skill and medical attainments had secured for him a large practice which taxed his strength.
Tho' the department of science was the specialty of Dr. Black's choice, he was a profound linquist and mathematician, being one of the most thoroughly equipped and rounded scholars associated with the life of Pittsburgh.
-Author unknown
Charles Black was born November 7, 1842, in Phillipsburgh, Province of Quebec, Canada. He was the oldest child of Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black. His father was a native of Ireland, and a sergeant-major in the British army, in which he had served twenty-three years. Charles Black's primary education was in the schools of Cobourg, Ontario. When he was fourteen years old his father died and the boy had a useful business experience of three years as a clerk in McCollum's dry-goods store in Cobourg, continuing his studies under tutors and preparing himself for teaching.
From 1858 to 1880 he attended St. Francis College, Richmond, Quebec, the first year the the Grammar School and two years in the College. He was a very bright student, excelling in the classics and noted for his remarkably fine memory. He passed the Intermediate Examination of McGill University, Montreal, with which institution St. Francis College was then affiliated, and continued his studies in McGill and also in the University of Laval, located in the city of Quebec.
From 1861 to 1868 he was principal of Inverness academy in Quebec, and later was instructor in the Quebec High School, teacher in Port Hope, Ont., and in the Peterboro Collegiate Institute, Ont. He took advanced courses in the Government Military School in Quebec for training officers for the Canadian volunteers and was appointed first captain of the Megantic Light Infantry. He was fond of military life; but preferring scientific pursuits he continued his studies with a course in medicine in the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, receiving the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black practised medicine several years in Clayton, N. Y., and as a non-resident student of Syracuse University, received his A.B. in 1875 entirely on examination in all the studies of the course,--a notable feat of memory, the sole instance of its kind in the institution's history, admired by the thirty-three members of '75, twelve of whom received the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black was engaged in professional work and teaching in Mount Forest, Ont., and meantime did advanced work in Chemistry and in Medicine in the University of Michigan, M.D. '77. He was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Pittsburgh High School in 1878. In the holiday season of 1886 he suffered from a severe cold which was followed by complications that caused his death at twenty minutes past three o'clock on Monday morning, January 10, 1887, at his home, 4900 Liberty Avenue. He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
Dr. Black was a gifted man, of unusual attainments in many other departments that his specialties, a thorough worker, and an excellent instructor. His was a specially happy temperament and he lived the serene life of the scholar and scientist. He was at home on the lecture platform, had a large medical practice in the Bloomfield district, and his ability as a n analytical chemist made him an important witness in court.
From earliest childhood he was very studious, happiest when with his books, the scholar of the family, and is so remembered with pride by his honored mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wickens Black, of Cobourg, Ont., and by his brothers and sister: William Black and Mrs. Sarah Jane Pringle, of Cobourg, Ont.; Frederick John Black, of Tweed, Ont.; Robert Black, of Paducah, Ky.; and Harrty St. Francis Black, of New York City,--his other sister, Alma Francis Black, (Mrs. Charles Belt), being deceased.
Dr. Black was a member of the Pittsburgh Engineers' Society and was interested in all departments of science. He was a devout Christian, for many years a vestryman in St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church in Pittsburgh, and personaly an interesting and delightful man. At Inverness, Quebec, in 1868 he married Miss Elizabeth Hill, who died July 12, 1880, leaving two daughters: Miss Naomi Alice Black, of Pittsburgh; and Grace Ethelwyn Black, now Mrs. Alexander Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
On July 21, 1881, Dr. Black married Miss Pauline Bartberger, of Pittsburgh, who survives his with three children: Agatha Agnes Black, now Mrs. Edward John Aul, of Pittsburgh; Miss Olive Black; and Nelson Black; her oldest child, Harry Erwin Black, having died January 7, 1897. Dr. Black's grandchildren are Charles Lyman Cruikshank and Kenneth Melrose Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
His Eulogy
Dr. Charles Black was born near the St. Francis River in Canada. [His parents were Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black.] He attended school at St. Johns and St. Francis College in Richmond, Canada. He graduated with high honors at the McGill University, Montreal and subsequently from the Medical Department of Ann Arbor University, Michigan.
With all his profound attainments and wide culture obtained through these advantages and supplemented by assidious devotion to literature, science and medicine, Dr. Black was one of the most retiring , unassuming men of letters in Pittsburgh and only those who knew him intimately, appreciated his culture worth and social traits.
As a physician of excellent repute, will his loss be felt in this Community, for his surgical skill and medical attainments had secured for him a large practice which taxed his strength.
Tho' the department of science was the specialty of Dr. Black's choice, he was a profound linquist and mathematician, being one of the most thoroughly equipped and rounded scholars associated with the life of Pittsburgh.
-Author unknown
Pittsburgh's steel, iron, glass, and other industries require an expert knowledge of Chemistry, which has always been a favorite study in the High School. Of the scholarly men who have taught it none have been more successful than Dr. Charles Black, Professor of Chemistry from 1878 till his death in January, 1887.
Charles Black was born November 7, 1842, in Phillipsburgh, Province of Quebec, Canada. He was the oldest child of Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black. His father was a native of Ireland, and a sergeant-major in the British army, in which he had served twenty-three years. Charles Black's primary education was in the schools of Cobourg, Ontario. When he was fourteen years old his father died and the boy had a useful business experience of three years as a clerk in McCollum's dry-goods store in Cobourg, continuing his studies under tutors and preparing himself for teaching.
From 1858 to 1880 he attended St. Francis College, Richmond, Quebec, the first year the the Grammar School and two years in the College. He was a very bright student, excelling in the classics and noted for his remarkably fine memory. He passed the Intermediate Examination of McGill University, Montreal, with which institution St. Francis College was then affiliated, and continued his studies in McGill and also in the University of Laval, located in the city of Quebec.
From 1861 to 1868 he was principal of Inverness academy in Quebec, and later was instructor in the Quebec High School, teacher in Port Hope, Ont., and in the Peterboro Collegiate Institute, Ont. He took advanced courses in the Government Military School in Quebec for training officers for the Canadian volunteers and was appointed first captain of the Megantic Light Infantry. He was fond of military life; but preferring scientific pursuits he continued his studies with a course in medicine in the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, receiving the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black practised medicine several years in Clayton, N. Y., and as a non-resident student of Syracuse University, received his A.B. in 1875 entirely on examination in all the studies of the course,--a notable feat of memory, the sole instance of its kind in the institution's history, admired by the thirty-three members of '75, twelve of whom received the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black was engaged in professional work and teaching in Mount Forest, Ont., and meantime did advanced work in Chemistry and in Medicine in the University of Michigan, M.D. '77. He was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Pittsburgh High School in 1878. In the holiday season of 1886 he suffered from a severe cold which was followed by complications that caused his death at twenty minutes past three o'clock on Monday morning, January 10, 1887, at his home, 4900 Liberty Avenue. He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
Dr. Black was a gifted man, of unusual attainments in many other departments that his specialties, a thorough worker, and an excellent instructor. His was a specially happy temperament and he lived the serene life of the scholar and scientist. He was at home on the lecture platform, had a large medical practice in the Bloomfield district, and his ability as a n analytical chemist made him an important witness in court.
From earliest childhood he was very studious, happiest when with his books, the scholar of the family, and is so remembered with pride by his honored mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wickens Black, of Cobourg, Ont., and by his brothers and sister: William Black and Mrs. Sarah Jane Pringle, of Cobourg, Ont.; Frederick John Black, of Tweed, Ont.; Robert Black, of Paducah, Ky.; and Harrty St. Francis Black, of New York City,--his other sister, Alma Francis Black, (Mrs. Charles Belt), being deceased.
Dr. Black was a member of the Pittsburgh Engineers' Society and was interested in all departments of science. He was a devout Christian, for many years a vestryman in St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church in Pittsburgh, and personaly an interesting and delightful man. At Inverness, Quebec, in 1868 he married Miss Elizabeth Hill, who died July 12, 1880, leaving two daughters: Miss Naomi Alice Black, of Pittsburgh; and Grace Ethelwyn Black, now Mrs. Alexander Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
On July 21, 1881, Dr. Black married Miss Pauline Bartberger, of Pittsburgh, who survives his with three children: Agatha Agnes Black, now Mrs. Edward John Aul, of Pittsburgh; Miss Olive Black; and Nelson Black; her oldest child, Harry Erwin Black, having died January 7, 1897. Dr. Black's grandchildren are Charles Lyman Cruikshank and Kenneth Melrose Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
His Eulogy
Dr. Charles Black was born near the St. Francis River in Canada. [His parents were Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black.] He attended school at St. Johns and St. Francis College in Richmond, Canada. He graduated with high honors at the McGill University, Montreal and subsequently from the Medical Department of Ann Arbor University, Michigan.
With all his profound attainments and wide culture obtained through these advantages and supplemented by assidious devotion to literature, science and medicine, Dr. Black was one of the most retiring , unassuming men of letters in Pittsburgh and only those who knew him intimately, appreciated his culture worth and social traits.
As a physician of excellent repute, will his loss be felt in this Community, for his surgical skill and medical attainments had secured for him a large practice which taxed his strength.
Tho' the department of science was the specialty of Dr. Black's choice, he was a profound linquist and mathematician, being one of the most thoroughly equipped and rounded scholars associated with the life of Pittsburgh.
-Author unknown
Charles Black was born November 7, 1842, in Phillipsburgh, Province of Quebec, Canada. He was the oldest child of Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black. His father was a native of Ireland, and a sergeant-major in the British army, in which he had served twenty-three years. Charles Black's primary education was in the schools of Cobourg, Ontario. When he was fourteen years old his father died and the boy had a useful business experience of three years as a clerk in McCollum's dry-goods store in Cobourg, continuing his studies under tutors and preparing himself for teaching.
From 1858 to 1880 he attended St. Francis College, Richmond, Quebec, the first year the the Grammar School and two years in the College. He was a very bright student, excelling in the classics and noted for his remarkably fine memory. He passed the Intermediate Examination of McGill University, Montreal, with which institution St. Francis College was then affiliated, and continued his studies in McGill and also in the University of Laval, located in the city of Quebec.
From 1861 to 1868 he was principal of Inverness academy in Quebec, and later was instructor in the Quebec High School, teacher in Port Hope, Ont., and in the Peterboro Collegiate Institute, Ont. He took advanced courses in the Government Military School in Quebec for training officers for the Canadian volunteers and was appointed first captain of the Megantic Light Infantry. He was fond of military life; but preferring scientific pursuits he continued his studies with a course in medicine in the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, receiving the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black practised medicine several years in Clayton, N. Y., and as a non-resident student of Syracuse University, received his A.B. in 1875 entirely on examination in all the studies of the course,--a notable feat of memory, the sole instance of its kind in the institution's history, admired by the thirty-three members of '75, twelve of whom received the degree of M.D.
Dr. Black was engaged in professional work and teaching in Mount Forest, Ont., and meantime did advanced work in Chemistry and in Medicine in the University of Michigan, M.D. '77. He was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Pittsburgh High School in 1878. In the holiday season of 1886 he suffered from a severe cold which was followed by complications that caused his death at twenty minutes past three o'clock on Monday morning, January 10, 1887, at his home, 4900 Liberty Avenue. He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
Dr. Black was a gifted man, of unusual attainments in many other departments that his specialties, a thorough worker, and an excellent instructor. His was a specially happy temperament and he lived the serene life of the scholar and scientist. He was at home on the lecture platform, had a large medical practice in the Bloomfield district, and his ability as a n analytical chemist made him an important witness in court.
From earliest childhood he was very studious, happiest when with his books, the scholar of the family, and is so remembered with pride by his honored mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wickens Black, of Cobourg, Ont., and by his brothers and sister: William Black and Mrs. Sarah Jane Pringle, of Cobourg, Ont.; Frederick John Black, of Tweed, Ont.; Robert Black, of Paducah, Ky.; and Harrty St. Francis Black, of New York City,--his other sister, Alma Francis Black, (Mrs. Charles Belt), being deceased.
Dr. Black was a member of the Pittsburgh Engineers' Society and was interested in all departments of science. He was a devout Christian, for many years a vestryman in St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church in Pittsburgh, and personaly an interesting and delightful man. At Inverness, Quebec, in 1868 he married Miss Elizabeth Hill, who died July 12, 1880, leaving two daughters: Miss Naomi Alice Black, of Pittsburgh; and Grace Ethelwyn Black, now Mrs. Alexander Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
On July 21, 1881, Dr. Black married Miss Pauline Bartberger, of Pittsburgh, who survives his with three children: Agatha Agnes Black, now Mrs. Edward John Aul, of Pittsburgh; Miss Olive Black; and Nelson Black; her oldest child, Harry Erwin Black, having died January 7, 1897. Dr. Black's grandchildren are Charles Lyman Cruikshank and Kenneth Melrose Cruikshank, of Salem, Ohio.
His Eulogy
Dr. Charles Black was born near the St. Francis River in Canada. [His parents were Thomas Black and Elizabeth Wickens Black.] He attended school at St. Johns and St. Francis College in Richmond, Canada. He graduated with high honors at the McGill University, Montreal and subsequently from the Medical Department of Ann Arbor University, Michigan.
With all his profound attainments and wide culture obtained through these advantages and supplemented by assidious devotion to literature, science and medicine, Dr. Black was one of the most retiring , unassuming men of letters in Pittsburgh and only those who knew him intimately, appreciated his culture worth and social traits.
As a physician of excellent repute, will his loss be felt in this Community, for his surgical skill and medical attainments had secured for him a large practice which taxed his strength.
Tho' the department of science was the specialty of Dr. Black's choice, he was a profound linquist and mathematician, being one of the most thoroughly equipped and rounded scholars associated with the life of Pittsburgh.
-Author unknown
