Biographical Details
Date of Birth: April 28, 1817
Birth Location: London, England, UK
Major Study: Law
Graduation Year(s): 1842, 1846
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors, Bachelor of Laws
Date of Death: May 7, 1895
Death Location: Paris, IL, USA
Henry Tanner
Life Experience
Born in London, England, in 1817, Henry Tanner graduated from IU in 1842 with his bachelor's degree. The following year, he was tapped to take charge of the mathematical department of IU. At the close of his term as head of the math department, the IU Board of Trustees expressed, as Wylie wrote, “their entire satisfaction with the creditable manner in which he had filled so responsible a position.” Afterwards, he continued as a student to complete his IU law degree in 1846. He moved to Paris, Illinois, where he became a state attorney and later a judge, which he remained for the rest of his life. A staunch supporter of the Catholic Church, he died in 1895, having been one of the oldest members of the Illinois bar.
Marriage and Family
Tanner’s wife died in 1885 of tuberculosis.
References
- Wylie
- Indiana University (1875)
- Terre Haute Evening Gazette 03/29/1876
- Indianapolis News 05/28/1879
- Daily Wabash Express 08/15/1882
- Daily Wabash Express 12/06/1885
- Indianapolis Journal 04/29/1888
- Daily Wabash Express 09/09/1889
- Indianapolis Journal 11/11/1893
- Dresser, D. W., et al. (1895) Journal of the 18th Synod of the Holy Catholic Church in the Diocese of Springfield (Springfield, IL: H. W. Rokker)