Christopher Stuart Patterson

Christopher Stuart Patterson (born June 24, 1842) was a Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Christopher Stuart Patterson
BornJune 24, 1842
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
EmployerUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School
TitleDean

Biography

His parents were Joseph and Jane (Cuyler) Patterson.[1] Patterson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1860.[1] Patterson lived in Chestnut Hill, in Philadelphia.[2]

During the American Civil War, 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.[1]

Patterson became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar in 1865.[1]

Patterson was a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1887 to 1898, teaching, real estate, conveyancing, and constitutional law, and was its Dean from 1890 to 1896.[1][3][4]

He was the 13th President of the Union League of Philadelphia in 1897 and 1898.[1][3]

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References
  1. Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1901). University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni. R. Herndon Company. p. 418 – via Internet Archive. Christopher Stuart Patterson dean June 24.
  2. Alumni, University of Pennsylvania Society of the (1894). Biographical Catalogue of the Matriculates of the College Together with Lists of the Members of the College Faculty and the Trustees, Officers and Recipients of Honorary Degrees, 1749-1893. Society. p. 216 – via Internet Archive. Christopher Stuart Patterson dean June 24.
  3. Philadelphia, Union League of (1902). Chronicle of the Union League of Philadelphia. 1862-1902 ... Union league – via Google Books.
  4. The Record of the Class of '87, June 1887.
Preceded by
E. Coppée Mitchell		 Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
1888–1895		 Succeeded by
G.S. Harrison; Interim Sub-Dean
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