Larrowe traveled the world as Professor Alphonse Loisette giving lectures and selling the secret to his "System of Memory Training"
Loisette once gave the class to Mark Twain, whom he had known from their days in Nevada. Twain found the system helpful and sent a testimonial letter which was published as a broadside used in advertising and in a book authored by "Alphonse Loisette" entitled "Assimilative memory, or, How to attend and never forget"
His obituary incorrectly identifies him as a musician.
NOTED MEMORIZED DEAD,
Professor Loisette, the Well-Known Lecturer, Expires At The Palace.
Appeared Before Royalty And Notables In Many Countries To Advance His Views.
Professor Alphonso Loisette, the well-known musician and lecture of New York, died last night about 5 o'clock at the Palace Hotel, of dysentery.
He had arrived from New York last Monday, accompanied by his wife, and they intended to remain on this coast for several months. The professor had just concluded a lecture tour occupying three years, during which he traveled through the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and China.
In all of these places he gave lectures and readings under the patronage of the most distinguished personages, including presidents of colleges, superintendents of education and Governors of States and foreign colonies.
In Canada the Governor General and Lady Aberdeen were his patrons, and in India the Viceroy extended his courtesy. That Earl of Glasgow was his friend in New Zealand and in China Sir William Robinson saw that he was given recognition.
He was a lecturer of rare merit and drew large audiences wherever he appeared. His principle study was the memory, which he claimed by a peculiar system of mental exercise could be improved. Upon this subject he lectured and published a volume which is been widely read.
The San Francisco Call, Feb 6, 1896, page 11.
Loisette once gave the class to Mark Twain, whom he had known from their days in Nevada. Twain found the system helpful and sent a testimonial letter which was published as a broadside used in advertising and in a book authored by "Alphonse Loisette" entitled "Assimilative memory, or, How to attend and never forget"
His obituary incorrectly identifies him as a musician.
NOTED MEMORIZED DEAD,
Professor Loisette, the Well-Known Lecturer, Expires At The Palace.
Appeared Before Royalty And Notables In Many Countries To Advance His Views.
Professor Alphonso Loisette, the well-known musician and lecture of New York, died last night about 5 o'clock at the Palace Hotel, of dysentery.
He had arrived from New York last Monday, accompanied by his wife, and they intended to remain on this coast for several months. The professor had just concluded a lecture tour occupying three years, during which he traveled through the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and China.
In all of these places he gave lectures and readings under the patronage of the most distinguished personages, including presidents of colleges, superintendents of education and Governors of States and foreign colonies.
In Canada the Governor General and Lady Aberdeen were his patrons, and in India the Viceroy extended his courtesy. That Earl of Glasgow was his friend in New Zealand and in China Sir William Robinson saw that he was given recognition.
He was a lecturer of rare merit and drew large audiences wherever he appeared. His principle study was the memory, which he claimed by a peculiar system of mental exercise could be improved. Upon this subject he lectured and published a volume which is been widely read.
The San Francisco Call, Feb 6, 1896, page 11.
Larrowe traveled the world as Professor Alphonse Loisette giving lectures and selling the secret to his "System of Memory Training"
Loisette once gave the class to Mark Twain, whom he had known from their days in Nevada. Twain found the system helpful and sent a testimonial letter which was published as a broadside used in advertising and in a book authored by "Alphonse Loisette" entitled "Assimilative memory, or, How to attend and never forget"
His obituary incorrectly identifies him as a musician.
NOTED MEMORIZED DEAD,
Professor Loisette, the Well-Known Lecturer, Expires At The Palace.
Appeared Before Royalty And Notables In Many Countries To Advance His Views.
Professor Alphonso Loisette, the well-known musician and lecture of New York, died last night about 5 o'clock at the Palace Hotel, of dysentery.
He had arrived from New York last Monday, accompanied by his wife, and they intended to remain on this coast for several months. The professor had just concluded a lecture tour occupying three years, during which he traveled through the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and China.
In all of these places he gave lectures and readings under the patronage of the most distinguished personages, including presidents of colleges, superintendents of education and Governors of States and foreign colonies.
In Canada the Governor General and Lady Aberdeen were his patrons, and in India the Viceroy extended his courtesy. That Earl of Glasgow was his friend in New Zealand and in China Sir William Robinson saw that he was given recognition.
He was a lecturer of rare merit and drew large audiences wherever he appeared. His principle study was the memory, which he claimed by a peculiar system of mental exercise could be improved. Upon this subject he lectured and published a volume which is been widely read.
The San Francisco Call, Feb 6, 1896, page 11.
Loisette once gave the class to Mark Twain, whom he had known from their days in Nevada. Twain found the system helpful and sent a testimonial letter which was published as a broadside used in advertising and in a book authored by "Alphonse Loisette" entitled "Assimilative memory, or, How to attend and never forget"
His obituary incorrectly identifies him as a musician.
NOTED MEMORIZED DEAD,
Professor Loisette, the Well-Known Lecturer, Expires At The Palace.
Appeared Before Royalty And Notables In Many Countries To Advance His Views.
Professor Alphonso Loisette, the well-known musician and lecture of New York, died last night about 5 o'clock at the Palace Hotel, of dysentery.
He had arrived from New York last Monday, accompanied by his wife, and they intended to remain on this coast for several months. The professor had just concluded a lecture tour occupying three years, during which he traveled through the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and China.
In all of these places he gave lectures and readings under the patronage of the most distinguished personages, including presidents of colleges, superintendents of education and Governors of States and foreign colonies.
In Canada the Governor General and Lady Aberdeen were his patrons, and in India the Viceroy extended his courtesy. That Earl of Glasgow was his friend in New Zealand and in China Sir William Robinson saw that he was given recognition.
He was a lecturer of rare merit and drew large audiences wherever he appeared. His principle study was the memory, which he claimed by a peculiar system of mental exercise could be improved. Upon this subject he lectured and published a volume which is been widely read.
The San Francisco Call, Feb 6, 1896, page 11.
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