Paxton, W. M. *156 Peers, Reverend B. O. *83, 85, 89, *89 Pendleton, Major-General 59 Percy, Thomas G. 6 Permanent location of Transylvania Seminary 3 Peter, Doctor Robert 21, 63, 79, 109, 112, *115, *133, 156 Biographical sketch of 88 Ancestry 88 Analyses in new geological survey 98 Analyses in survey of Arkansas 99 Analyses in survey of Indiana 99 Analyses of Trenton limestone 99 Antagonistic to Doctor Yandell 102, 103 Appearance of 104 As army surgeon 97 As botanist 93 As city councilman 104 As editor 101 As experimental chemist 103, 104 As lecturer 103 As practitioner 90 As teacher 93 As toxicologist 98 As writer 101 Assists Doctor Yandell 89 At Rensselaer School 89, *89 Attacked by Louisville controversialists *102 Born 88 Brings first daguerreotype outfit to Lexington 92 Comes to America 88 Comes to Lexington 89 Character, by a colleague 104 Character of his teachings 92 Cholera of 1833 90 Controversy on the removal of the school to Louisville 101, 102 Dean of the Faculty 90 Degree of M. D. 90 Death of 104 Discovery of phosphates 99 Donates apparatus *90 Early education 88