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Charles H. Van Brunt
Charles Holmes Van Brunt (December 26, 1835 – May 26, 1905) was an American lawyer and judge from New York. Life Van Brunt was born on December 26, 1835, in Bay Ridge, New York, the son of farmer Albert Nicholas Van Brunt and Mary Holmes. After attending school in Brooklyn, Van Brunt graduated from New York University in 1856. He then studied law in the New York City firm Leonard & Hoffman, ran by Commissioner of Appeals William H. Leonard and future New York governor John T. Hoffman. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and spent several years with the law firm, first as confidential clerk then as a partner. He served as counsel to the city chamberlain. In 1869, Van Brunt became a Judge for the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. He served there until 1883, when he was elected to the New York Supreme Court. He was re-elected to the Supreme Court in 1897. In 1886, he was appointed Presiding Justice of the General Term of the Supreme Court, First Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles H
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New-York Tribune
The ''New-York Tribune'' was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley. It bore the moniker ''New-York Daily Tribune'' from 1842 to 1866 before returning to its original name. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the dominant newspaper first of the American Whig Party, then of the Republican Party. The paper achieved a circulation of approximately 200,000 in the 1850s, making it the largest daily paper in New York City at the time. The ''Tribune''s editorials were widely read, shared, and copied in other city newspapers, helping to shape national opinion. It was one of the first papers in the north to send reporters, correspondents, and illustrators to cover the campaigns of the American Civil War. It continued as an independent daily newspaper until 1924, when it merged with the ''New York Herald''. The resulting ''New York Herald Tribune'' remained in publication until 1966. Among those who served on the paper's editorial board were Bayard Taylor, Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
