LC control no. | n 85831277 |
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Personal name heading | Untermyer, Samuel, 1858-1940 |
Variant(s) | Untermeyer, Samuel, 1858-1940 |
Birth date | 1858 |
Death date | 19400316 |
Place of birth | Lynchburg, Va. |
Place of death | Palm Springs, Calif. |
Profession or occupation | Jewish lawyers |
Found in | nuc85-80915: His Text of Samuel Untermeyer's "sacred war" speech [MI] 1982? (hdg. on NN rept.: Untermeyer, Samuel; usage: Samuel Untermeyer) LC manual cat. (Untermyer, Samuel, 1858-1940) His The boycott is our only weapon against Nazi Germany, 1933: surrogate t.p. (Samuel Untermyer) English Wikipedia website, Mar. 19, 2012 (Samuel Untermyer (March 6, 1858--March 16, 1940, although some sources cite March 2, 1858, and even others, June 6, 1858; also known as Samuel Untermeyer) was a Jewish-American lawyer and civic leader as well as a self-made millionaire. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia but after the death of his father the family moved to New York where he studied law. After admission to the bar, he soon gained fame as a lawyer, focusing on corporate law, and became recognized as a civic leader, frequently attending the Democratic National Convention as a delegate; died in Palm Springs, Calif.) |