| Code | DS/UK/477 |
| Dates | 14/07/1835-1921 |
| Person Name | Rosengarten; Joseph George (14/07/1835-1921); Major |
| Surname | Rosengarten |
| Forenames | Joseph George |
| Title | Major |
| Activity | Legal counsel of the German Society and German Hospital (now Lankenau), served on their Board of Directors; Member of the American Philosophical Society; Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania; President of the Free Library of Philadelphia; President of the Glenn Mills School; Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Member of the Union League and of the G.A.R; Director of the Franklin Inn Club (1902). |
| History | Studied Law, graduated in Philadelphia (1852), admitted to the bar (1856), studied in Heidelberg (1857); served during the Civil War in the Army of the Potomac; |
| Source | "Major Joseph G. Rosengarten" in URL: < http://isc.temple.edu/awaskie/illustrious_germanamericans_of%20Phila.htm>; <http://www.exploring-philadelphia.com/index.php?level=0&number=1455&from=13> [accessed 17/11/2010] |
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