Henry Schell Hagert
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Biography
Hagert was born on May 2, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central High School in 1842 and studied law under Charles Gilpin.Template:Sfn
He was admitted to the bar on May 8, 1847, and worked as solicitor for the Board of Guardians of the Poor of Philadelphia.Template:Sfn His work caught the attention of Philadelphia district attorney William Bradford ReedTemplate:Sfn and after the consolidation of the city in 1854, he was appointed assistant city solicitor.[1] He served as prosecuting attorney in the trial of Frank Kelly for the murder of Octavius Catto in which the jury acquitted Kelly.[2]
Hagert served as district attorney in 1856–1857, 1868–1871, 1875–1878, and 1878–1881.[3] He was especially distinguished as a nisi prius lawyer.[1]
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1875.[4]
He died of Bright's Disease in Philadelphia on December 18, 1885Template:Sfn and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.[5]
Legacy
As a young man he contributed prose and poetry to literary journals.Template:Sfn After his death, a volume of his poems, with a memoir by Charles Augustus Lagen, was published.[3]
Schell Street and Hagert Street in Philadelphia were named in his honor.[6]
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- 1826 births
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- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni
- District attorneys of Philadelphia
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- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Poets from Pennsylvania