About George Heriot DeReef
Lived 1869 – 1937 (aged 67–68). George Heriot DeReef was a lawyer.
George Heriot DeReef (September 5, 1869 – August 14, 1937) was an American lawyer, political candidate, civil rights leader, and businessman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was president of the Milwaukee chapter of the NAACP.
Biography DeReef was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Joseph Moulton Francis DeReef and Georgina Oldfield (née Heriot DeReef). He studied at public schools.in Charleston, Claflin University, and received an A.B. from Howard University. DeReef graduated from Howard University Law School in 1905 with an LL.B.
DeReef died on August 14, 1937, in Milwaukee.
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American lawyer and civil rights leader
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