About Henry W. Bishop
Lived 1829 – 1913 (aged 84). Henry W. Bishop was an American lawyer.
Henry Walker Bishop (June 2, 1829 – September 28, 1913) was a Massachusetts-born leading citizen of Chicago, Illinois in the late 19th century. He was the first president of the Union Club of Chicago, a private association organized by sixty of the city's leading gentlemen. His tenure lasted from 1878 to 1883. He later was president of the Chicago Club from 1892 through 1894.
A judicial official, he also served as a master in chancery.
Biography Henry W. Bishop was born in Lenox, Massachusetts on June 2, 1829. He attended Lenox Academy, and was briefly a student at Williams College, before graduating from Amherst in 1850.
In his will, Bishop left $2.5 million to the John Crerar Library of engineering, medical, and science texts, located on the University of Chicago campus.
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American community leader (1829-1913)
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Henry W. Bishop was born on 2 June 1829 in Lenox.
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Henry W. Bishop died on 28 September 1913 in Sea Bright.
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Henry W. Bishop was a lawyer.
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Henry W. Bishop was American.
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