Henry Schell Hagert
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Henry Schell Hagert was a lawyer, writer, and poet.
Hagert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, where he was graduated at Central High School in 1842. He was admitted to the bar, May 8, 1847, and soon became solicitor for the board of guardians of the poor. After the consolidation of the city
in 1854, he was appointed assistant city solicitor, as which he drafted many important city ordinances. He served as assistant district attorney in 1856–1857, 1868–1871, and 1875–1878, and as district attorney in 1878–1881. He was especially distinguished as a nisi prius
lawyer. In early life he contributed prose and poetry to periodicals; after his death, a volume of his poems, with a memoir by Charles Augustus Lagen, was printed privately (see below).
He died in Philadelphia, where he was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery
.
Hagert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, where he was graduated at Central High School in 1842. He was admitted to the bar, May 8, 1847, and soon became solicitor for the board of guardians of the poor. After the consolidation of the city
Act of Consolidation, 1854
The Act of Consolidation, more formally known as the act of February 2, 1854 , was enacted by General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and approved February 2, 1854 by Governor William Bigler...
in 1854, he was appointed assistant city solicitor, as which he drafted many important city ordinances. He served as assistant district attorney in 1856–1857, 1868–1871, and 1875–1878, and as district attorney in 1878–1881. He was especially distinguished as a nisi prius
Nisi prius
Nisi prius is a historical term in English law. In the nineteenth century, it came to be used to denote generally all legal actions tried before judges of the King's Bench Division and in the early twentieth century for actions tried at assize by a judge given a commission. Used in that way, the...
lawyer. In early life he contributed prose and poetry to periodicals; after his death, a volume of his poems, with a memoir by Charles Augustus Lagen, was printed privately (see below).
He died in Philadelphia, where he was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the second major garden or rural cemetery in the United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998, one of only a few cemeteries to receive the distinction....
.
Works
- Henry S. Hagert, Henry S. Hagert Memorial: Poems and Verses, with sketch of his life (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886).
External links
- Henry Schell Hagert at Lawyers and Poetry