Henry Walker Bishop (June 2, 1829 – September 28, 1913) was a Massachusetts-born leading citizen of Chicago, Illinois in the late 19th century. He was the first president of the Union Club of Chicago, a private association organized by sixty of the city's leading gentlemen. His tenure lasted from 1878 to 1883. He later was president of the Chicago Club from 1892 through 1894.[1]
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| Born | Henry Walker Bishop June 2, 1829 Lenox, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 28, 1913 (aged 84) Sea Bright, New Jersey |
| Education | Amherst College |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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A judicial official, he also served as a master in chancery.
Biography
editHenry W. Bishop was born in Lenox, Massachusetts on June 2, 1829.[2] He attended Lenox Academy, and was briefly a student at Williams College, before graduating from Amherst in 1850.[2]
After attending Harvard Law School and studying law with his father, he began practicing as a lawyer in Chicago in 1856.[2]
He died in Sea Bright, New Jersey on September 28, 1913.[2][3]
In his will, Bishop left $2.5 million to the John Crerar Library of engineering, medical, and science texts, located on the University of Chicago campus.
References
edit- ^ Edward Tyler Blair (1898). A history of the Chicago Club. H.S. Stone & Company.
- ^ a b c d Eliot, Samuel Atkins, ed. (1916). Biographical History of Massachusetts. Vol. VI. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society. Retrieved June 8, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Native of Lenox". The Boston Globe. Pittsfield. September 30, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved June 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.