Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860

President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Henry Dilworth Gilpin was born and raised in England, emigrated to the United States to attend the University of Pennsylvania, and proceeded to practice law, author numerous publications, and serve as editor for the Atlantic souvenir. He went on to become director of the Bank of the United States, and ultimately Attorney General under President Martin van Buren. A patron of the arts, Gilpin later served as president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as similar posts.

Born in Lancaster, England, Apr. 14,1801; attended school in England 1811-1816; graduate of University of Pennsylvania,1810; studied law and began practice in Philadelphia, 1822; was U.S. attorney for Pennsylvania,1832; solicitor of U.S. treasury, 1837; attorney-general of U.S.,1840-41; edited "Atlantic Souvenir", 7 volumes and a number of juristic papers; died in Philadelphia, Jan. 29, 1860. (from Appleton, with portrait)

Henry Dilworth Gilpin (1801-1860) was born to the expatriate Philadelphian Joshua Gilpin in Lancaster, England, in 1801, and spent most of his youth there. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1819, he studied law under Joseph R. Ingersoll and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1822. Gilpin rapidly gained a reputation in legal circles, earning appointment as U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania in 1832, solicitor of the U.S. Treasury in 1837, and Attorney General of the United States in 1840-1841. He was also a strong supporter of the arts, editing America's first literary annual, the Atlantic Souvenir in 1826-1832. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1832.

Henry D. Gilpin was a lawyer, author, and editor.

American lawyer.

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U.S. attorney general.