Nathan Barnert
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Nathan Barnert was an American businessman and politician. He was elected the Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey on April 9, 1883. He was one of the original founders of the Miriam Barnert Hebrew Free School
Miriam Barnert Hebrew Free School
The Miriam Barnert Hebrew Free School was dedicated on September 27, 1904 in Paterson, New Jersey by Nathan Barnert. The school offered instruction in biblical and post-biblical Jewish history....

 and the Barnert Memorial Hospital and the Barnert Memorial Temple.

Biography

He was born on September 20, 1838 in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

 and emigrated in 1849. He was elected the Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey on April 9, 1883.

He founded now-closed Barnert Hospital
Barnert Hospital
Barnert Hospital was a 236-bed hospital located on Broadway in the Eastside section of Paterson, New Jersey that operated for 99 years. The hospital was named for Nathan Barnert, a philanthropist and former mayor of Paterson who founded the hospital.The hospital was a full service facility offering...

 in Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...

 in 1908. That same year he filed suit to have the Barnert Memorial Temple returned to his control. He created the Daughters Of Miriam Home For The Aged And Orphans in 1921.

He died on December 23, 1927 of pneumonia.

Legacy

His statue stands outside of the Carrere & Hastings  designed Paterson City Hall
Paterson City Hall
Paterson City Hall, is located in Paterson, New Jersey. The building was built in 1896 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1995. City Hall was designed by the New York firm Carrere and Hastings in 1894, and is modeled after the Hôtel de Ville in Lyon, France,...

, along Garret Hobart and Andrew McBride.
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