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University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Christopher Stuart Patterson (June 24, 1842 – November 8, 1924)
[C. Stuart Patterson Dies After Cardiac Attack In His Home]
, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsy ...
'' (November 10, 1924), p. 1. was an American lawyer who served as dean of the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...
.
His parents were Joseph and Jane (Cuyler) Patterson.
Patterson graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
in 1860,
and lived in
Chestnut Hill, in Philadelphia.
During the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
, in 1863 Patterson became a sergeant in Landis' First Battery of
Philadelphia Light Artillery, and that year he was wounded at the
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg () was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In the battle, Union Major General George Meade's Army of the Po ...
.
Following the war, Patterson became a member of the
Pennsylvania Bar
The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in Pennsylvania, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, ...
in 1865.
Patterson was a law professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...
from 1887 to 1898, teaching,
real estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
, conveyancing, and
constitutional law
Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a State (polity), state, namely, the executive (government), executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as th ...
, and was its Dean from 1890 to 1896.
''The Record of the Class of '87''
June 1887.
He was the 13th President of the Union League of Philadelphia
The Union League of Philadelphia is a private club founded in 1862 by the Old Philadelphians as a patriotic society to support the policies of Abraham Lincoln. As of 2022, the club has over 4,000 members. Its main building was built in 1865 and ...
in 1897 and 1898.
Patterson died of cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and possib ...
in his home in Philadelphia at the age of 82.
References
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1842 births
Deans of University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty
Educators from Philadelphia
Union Army non-commissioned officers
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Lawyers from Philadelphia
19th-century American lawyers
Scholars of property law
American scholars of constitutional law
1924 deaths