Morwitz, E. (Eduard)
Dates
- Existence: 1815 - 1893
Biographical History
Dr. Edward Morwitz (1815-1893) was a physician, inventor and journalist who emigrated from Prussia and settled in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1850.
Dr. Edward Morwitz was born on June 12, 1815, in Danzig, Prussia, to parent Rebecca Morwitz. He graduated with a medical degree from the University of Berlin in 1840 and practiced medicine until the Prussian Revolutions of 1848. Due to his political participation in the revolutions, Morwitz felt his life was endangered and led him to immigrate to the United States.
Once in the United States, he purchased a German newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania called "Philadelphia Demokrat” in 1853 and became an important political activist. He aided in organizing the German Press Association of Pennsylvania in 1862 and helped in raising funds for German soldiers of the Franco-Prussian War. He participated in many organizations including being the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Immigration Convention.
Morwitz died December 13, 1893, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and buried in the Jewish cemetery of Mt. Sinai.
Citation:
Jewish Encyclopedia, via WWW, Oct. 11, 2017 (Edward Morwitz; b. June 11, 1815 Danzig, Prussia; d. Dec. 13, 1893 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Physician, inventor and journalist; Emigrated due to part he had taken in a revolutionary movement; settled in Philadelphia 1850; Owner of “Philadelphia Demokrat” 1853; Organized the German Press Association of Pennsylvania 1862)UPB, Oct. 11, 2017 (Dr. E. Morwitz; Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Immigration Convention in 1871)
Ancestry, via WWW, Oct. 11, 2017 (Edward Morwitz MD; d. Dec. 13, 1893; Buried Dec. 18, 1893 in Mt. Sinai Cemetery)
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, via WWW, Oct. 11, 2017 (Edward Morwitz; b. June 12, 1815 in Dantzic, Prussia; Graduated from University of Berlin in 1841 with an M.D.; Immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1850; Purchased “Philadelphia Democrat” 1853)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Executive Committee memorandum to W. H. Hooper, 1871 April 29
Three-page document from the executive committee of the National Immigration Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, addressed to William H. Hooper, U.S. Representative from Utah Territory. The memorandum summarizes recent Congressional measures pertaining to immigration, and requests Hooper's support of these laws being passed to improve immigration to the United States. Endorsed by William C. Staines, Utah Emigration Agent on a back panel. Endorsement dated April 29, 1871.
Executive Committee memorandum to W. H. Hooper
Three-page document from the executive committee of the National Immigration Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, addressed to William H. Hooper, U.S. Representative from Utah Territory. The memorandum summarizes recent Congressional measures pertaining to immigration, and requests Hooper's support of these laws being passed to improve immigration to the United States. Endorsed by William C. Staines, Utah Emigration Agent on a back panel. Endorsement dated April 29, 1871.