Christopher Stuart Patterson

Christopher Stuart Patterson (June 24, 1842 – November 8, 1924)^[1] was an American lawyer who served as dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Christopher Stuart Patterson
Christopher Stuart Patterson as shown in 1924
Born	(1842-06-24)June 24, 1842
Died	November 8, 1924(1924-11-08) (aged 82)
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Employer	University of Pennsylvania Law School
Title	Dean

His parents were Joseph and Jane (Cuyler) Patterson.^[2] Patterson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1860,^[2] and lived in Chestnut Hill, in Philadelphia.^[3]

During the American Civil War, in 1863 Patterson became a sergeant in Landis' First Battery of Philadelphia Light Artillery, and that year he was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.^[1][2] Following the war, Patterson became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar in 1865.^[2]

Patterson was a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1887 to 1898, teaching, real estate, conveyancing, and constitutional law, and was its Dean from 1890 to 1896.^[2][4][5]

He was the 13th President of the Union League of Philadelphia in 1897 and 1898.^[2][4]

Patterson died of cardiac arrest in his home in Philadelphia at the age of 82.^[1]