Francis Draper Lewis
Pennsylvania lawyer
About Francis Draper Lewis
Lived 1849 – 1930 (aged 80–81).
Francis Draper Lewis was a Pennsylvania lawyer who co-founded the law firm Morgan Lewis at Philadelphia in 1873 with Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr.
Early life and marriage Born in Boston on August 29, 1849, his parents were Ann Homer (née Kidder) Lewis and Joseph W. Lewis, Lewis Brothers & Company dry-goods wholesale merchant.
On April 28, 1887, he married Mary Humphreys Chandler, daughter of Charles Wesley Chandler (1833 - 1882) and Julia Adelaide Peabody.
Education and career Lewis graduated from Amherst College in 1869, then from Harvard Law School in 1871. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1872 and began his practice in the offices of John Christian Bullitt.
On March 10, 1873, Lewis and Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr. co-founded law firm Morgan Lewis, which became Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in 1883.
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Who was Francis Draper Lewis?
Pennsylvania lawyer
When was Francis Draper Lewis born?
Francis Draper Lewis was born in 1849.
When did Francis Draper Lewis die?
Francis Draper Lewis died on 9 December 1930.
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