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The Founders of the DVOC Spencer Trotter 1860 - 1931 This is a work in progress. Comments and suggestions are appreciated. Feel free to contact Page last updated Sunday, January 10, 2016 1:53 PM Click Here for a Google Map related to the the Early Years of DVOC Click Here for a presentation given at the 1/8/14 Meeting This page includes facts, links, pictures, specimens, residences, and final resting place.

Spencer Trotter

Facts about Spencer Trotter

Click Here for the obituary of Spencer Trotter as published in Cassina Volume XXVIII (1929-1930)

Born Feb 8, 1860 in Phila.

Died April 10, 1931, West Chester, PA

Lapsed Quaker,

Trotter hall at Swathmore College in named in his honor

Wife Laura Lee Trotter

Interesting Links

Pictures

Interesting Specimens Collected by Spencer Trotter
(There are about 340 specimens collected by Trotter in the collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA)

Residences

Final Resting Place

Spencer Trotter is buried along side his wife, Laura Lee Trotter, in Section "F" Lot 101 of the Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester PA