Biography:
Directory and Annual Report - Colorado Bar Association 7th Annual 1914
William Henry Bryant was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia, in 1863. His father was Alexander Bryant, a prominent railroad man in Virginia just before the war. His paternal grandmother. Dorothy Campbell Bryant, was a sister of Alexander Campbell, who was the founder of the "Christian Church."
Harry Bryant, as he was known to all, received his education in the common schools of Virginia, and at the State University, where he studied law under Professor Minor, well known head of the law department of that university, from which he was graduated in 1886. Bryant first came to Colorado in 1880 and went to Leadville. where he was associated with the late Ernest L. Campbell, whose wife was his cousin. In 1885 he entered the law offices of Patterson & Thomas in Denver as a student, and after his graduation from the University of Virginia he became a member of the firm of Thomas, Hartzell, Bryant & Lee, and continued until his death, a member of the law firm of which Senator Charles S. Thomas has been the head.
For many years Harry Bryant was a member of the Board of Regents of the State University, an office which he filled with credit to himself and with great honor and benefit to the State. In 1889 he was appointed Assistant United States District Attor ney for Colorado, and in May, 1912, was appointed City Attor ney for the City and County of Denver. On the day he left Denver in search of relief from the sickness which finally claimed him in death he was appointed .special attorney for the Public Utilities Commission in Denver, and these offices constitute the only official positions he ever held. In 1889 Bryant was married to Miss Birdie Routt, daughter of former Governor Routt.
Four children were born to them, of whom Routt A. Bryant, Minnie Bryant Hutchinson, and Dorothy Bryant, with the widow, survive him.
Bryant's tremendous strength of will is shown by the fact that during the last four years of his life, with full knowledge that death was imminent, he kept at his work with a grim cour age that never faltered, and even in the midst of pain and suffering, which certainly would have crushed most men, he always wore the cheery smile and perpetrated the quips and jokes which so endeared him to the hearts of his friends. Even after death had set its hand upon him, and noted specialists gave him practi cally no encouragement, he accomplished much brilliant work in his chosen profession. As city attorney he handled successfully a number of the city's most important cases, including the cases involving the franchises of the Water, Tramway and Telephone companies.
Harry Bryant was always a conspicuous figure in public movements and in the social life of Denver, in which, through tho Denver, University and Country Clubs, he took a prominent part. The Grand Lake Yacht Club was organized by him, and he was its Commodore at the time of his death.
Bryant was always a student; he loved his books, and it was his constant desire and aim to place the University of Colorado on a high plane of efficiency, particularly in the law department. For many years he delivered a series of lectures on mining law at the State University, and always gave to his work as 'Regent his undivided attention and constant effort.
Bryant was a man who made very little show, but his personality was such that those who knew him loved to associate with him, and his companionship was always sought.
Bryant was a man of unblemished character, of personal and professional integrity, and devotion to his family and fidelity to his friends. He was an able lawyer, a genius in mastering de tails, and possessed a wonderfully retentive memory. He was regarded by many as an authority on mining law, and took a prominent part in many of the cases involving apex rights in the day when the law on this subject was being developed by the courts.
William Henry Bryant died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on April 6, 1914, in his fifty-first year. His death can not be regarded but as a calamity to the State and a distinct loss to the legal profession, which he constantly adorned and which found in him one of its most brilliant members. His love and devotion at home, his professional courtesy and ability, his uni formly genial, pleasant and accommodating manner, and his devo tion to and energetic work for the community in which he lived, and whose welfare he ever sought, will always be missed.
Directory and Annual Report - Colorado Bar Association 7th Annual 1914
William Henry Bryant was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia, in 1863. His father was Alexander Bryant, a prominent railroad man in Virginia just before the war. His paternal grandmother. Dorothy Campbell Bryant, was a sister of Alexander Campbell, who was the founder of the "Christian Church."
Harry Bryant, as he was known to all, received his education in the common schools of Virginia, and at the State University, where he studied law under Professor Minor, well known head of the law department of that university, from which he was graduated in 1886. Bryant first came to Colorado in 1880 and went to Leadville. where he was associated with the late Ernest L. Campbell, whose wife was his cousin. In 1885 he entered the law offices of Patterson & Thomas in Denver as a student, and after his graduation from the University of Virginia he became a member of the firm of Thomas, Hartzell, Bryant & Lee, and continued until his death, a member of the law firm of which Senator Charles S. Thomas has been the head.
For many years Harry Bryant was a member of the Board of Regents of the State University, an office which he filled with credit to himself and with great honor and benefit to the State. In 1889 he was appointed Assistant United States District Attor ney for Colorado, and in May, 1912, was appointed City Attor ney for the City and County of Denver. On the day he left Denver in search of relief from the sickness which finally claimed him in death he was appointed .special attorney for the Public Utilities Commission in Denver, and these offices constitute the only official positions he ever held. In 1889 Bryant was married to Miss Birdie Routt, daughter of former Governor Routt.
Four children were born to them, of whom Routt A. Bryant, Minnie Bryant Hutchinson, and Dorothy Bryant, with the widow, survive him.
Bryant's tremendous strength of will is shown by the fact that during the last four years of his life, with full knowledge that death was imminent, he kept at his work with a grim cour age that never faltered, and even in the midst of pain and suffering, which certainly would have crushed most men, he always wore the cheery smile and perpetrated the quips and jokes which so endeared him to the hearts of his friends. Even after death had set its hand upon him, and noted specialists gave him practi cally no encouragement, he accomplished much brilliant work in his chosen profession. As city attorney he handled successfully a number of the city's most important cases, including the cases involving the franchises of the Water, Tramway and Telephone companies.
Harry Bryant was always a conspicuous figure in public movements and in the social life of Denver, in which, through tho Denver, University and Country Clubs, he took a prominent part. The Grand Lake Yacht Club was organized by him, and he was its Commodore at the time of his death.
Bryant was always a student; he loved his books, and it was his constant desire and aim to place the University of Colorado on a high plane of efficiency, particularly in the law department. For many years he delivered a series of lectures on mining law at the State University, and always gave to his work as 'Regent his undivided attention and constant effort.
Bryant was a man who made very little show, but his personality was such that those who knew him loved to associate with him, and his companionship was always sought.
Bryant was a man of unblemished character, of personal and professional integrity, and devotion to his family and fidelity to his friends. He was an able lawyer, a genius in mastering de tails, and possessed a wonderfully retentive memory. He was regarded by many as an authority on mining law, and took a prominent part in many of the cases involving apex rights in the day when the law on this subject was being developed by the courts.
William Henry Bryant died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on April 6, 1914, in his fifty-first year. His death can not be regarded but as a calamity to the State and a distinct loss to the legal profession, which he constantly adorned and which found in him one of its most brilliant members. His love and devotion at home, his professional courtesy and ability, his uni formly genial, pleasant and accommodating manner, and his devo tion to and energetic work for the community in which he lived, and whose welfare he ever sought, will always be missed.
Biography:
Directory and Annual Report - Colorado Bar Association 7th Annual 1914
William Henry Bryant was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia, in 1863. His father was Alexander Bryant, a prominent railroad man in Virginia just before the war. His paternal grandmother. Dorothy Campbell Bryant, was a sister of Alexander Campbell, who was the founder of the "Christian Church."
Harry Bryant, as he was known to all, received his education in the common schools of Virginia, and at the State University, where he studied law under Professor Minor, well known head of the law department of that university, from which he was graduated in 1886. Bryant first came to Colorado in 1880 and went to Leadville. where he was associated with the late Ernest L. Campbell, whose wife was his cousin. In 1885 he entered the law offices of Patterson & Thomas in Denver as a student, and after his graduation from the University of Virginia he became a member of the firm of Thomas, Hartzell, Bryant & Lee, and continued until his death, a member of the law firm of which Senator Charles S. Thomas has been the head.
For many years Harry Bryant was a member of the Board of Regents of the State University, an office which he filled with credit to himself and with great honor and benefit to the State. In 1889 he was appointed Assistant United States District Attor ney for Colorado, and in May, 1912, was appointed City Attor ney for the City and County of Denver. On the day he left Denver in search of relief from the sickness which finally claimed him in death he was appointed .special attorney for the Public Utilities Commission in Denver, and these offices constitute the only official positions he ever held. In 1889 Bryant was married to Miss Birdie Routt, daughter of former Governor Routt.
Four children were born to them, of whom Routt A. Bryant, Minnie Bryant Hutchinson, and Dorothy Bryant, with the widow, survive him.
Bryant's tremendous strength of will is shown by the fact that during the last four years of his life, with full knowledge that death was imminent, he kept at his work with a grim cour age that never faltered, and even in the midst of pain and suffering, which certainly would have crushed most men, he always wore the cheery smile and perpetrated the quips and jokes which so endeared him to the hearts of his friends. Even after death had set its hand upon him, and noted specialists gave him practi cally no encouragement, he accomplished much brilliant work in his chosen profession. As city attorney he handled successfully a number of the city's most important cases, including the cases involving the franchises of the Water, Tramway and Telephone companies.
Harry Bryant was always a conspicuous figure in public movements and in the social life of Denver, in which, through tho Denver, University and Country Clubs, he took a prominent part. The Grand Lake Yacht Club was organized by him, and he was its Commodore at the time of his death.
Bryant was always a student; he loved his books, and it was his constant desire and aim to place the University of Colorado on a high plane of efficiency, particularly in the law department. For many years he delivered a series of lectures on mining law at the State University, and always gave to his work as 'Regent his undivided attention and constant effort.
Bryant was a man who made very little show, but his personality was such that those who knew him loved to associate with him, and his companionship was always sought.
Bryant was a man of unblemished character, of personal and professional integrity, and devotion to his family and fidelity to his friends. He was an able lawyer, a genius in mastering de tails, and possessed a wonderfully retentive memory. He was regarded by many as an authority on mining law, and took a prominent part in many of the cases involving apex rights in the day when the law on this subject was being developed by the courts.
William Henry Bryant died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on April 6, 1914, in his fifty-first year. His death can not be regarded but as a calamity to the State and a distinct loss to the legal profession, which he constantly adorned and which found in him one of its most brilliant members. His love and devotion at home, his professional courtesy and ability, his uni formly genial, pleasant and accommodating manner, and his devo tion to and energetic work for the community in which he lived, and whose welfare he ever sought, will always be missed.
Directory and Annual Report - Colorado Bar Association 7th Annual 1914
William Henry Bryant was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia, in 1863. His father was Alexander Bryant, a prominent railroad man in Virginia just before the war. His paternal grandmother. Dorothy Campbell Bryant, was a sister of Alexander Campbell, who was the founder of the "Christian Church."
Harry Bryant, as he was known to all, received his education in the common schools of Virginia, and at the State University, where he studied law under Professor Minor, well known head of the law department of that university, from which he was graduated in 1886. Bryant first came to Colorado in 1880 and went to Leadville. where he was associated with the late Ernest L. Campbell, whose wife was his cousin. In 1885 he entered the law offices of Patterson & Thomas in Denver as a student, and after his graduation from the University of Virginia he became a member of the firm of Thomas, Hartzell, Bryant & Lee, and continued until his death, a member of the law firm of which Senator Charles S. Thomas has been the head.
For many years Harry Bryant was a member of the Board of Regents of the State University, an office which he filled with credit to himself and with great honor and benefit to the State. In 1889 he was appointed Assistant United States District Attor ney for Colorado, and in May, 1912, was appointed City Attor ney for the City and County of Denver. On the day he left Denver in search of relief from the sickness which finally claimed him in death he was appointed .special attorney for the Public Utilities Commission in Denver, and these offices constitute the only official positions he ever held. In 1889 Bryant was married to Miss Birdie Routt, daughter of former Governor Routt.
Four children were born to them, of whom Routt A. Bryant, Minnie Bryant Hutchinson, and Dorothy Bryant, with the widow, survive him.
Bryant's tremendous strength of will is shown by the fact that during the last four years of his life, with full knowledge that death was imminent, he kept at his work with a grim cour age that never faltered, and even in the midst of pain and suffering, which certainly would have crushed most men, he always wore the cheery smile and perpetrated the quips and jokes which so endeared him to the hearts of his friends. Even after death had set its hand upon him, and noted specialists gave him practi cally no encouragement, he accomplished much brilliant work in his chosen profession. As city attorney he handled successfully a number of the city's most important cases, including the cases involving the franchises of the Water, Tramway and Telephone companies.
Harry Bryant was always a conspicuous figure in public movements and in the social life of Denver, in which, through tho Denver, University and Country Clubs, he took a prominent part. The Grand Lake Yacht Club was organized by him, and he was its Commodore at the time of his death.
Bryant was always a student; he loved his books, and it was his constant desire and aim to place the University of Colorado on a high plane of efficiency, particularly in the law department. For many years he delivered a series of lectures on mining law at the State University, and always gave to his work as 'Regent his undivided attention and constant effort.
Bryant was a man who made very little show, but his personality was such that those who knew him loved to associate with him, and his companionship was always sought.
Bryant was a man of unblemished character, of personal and professional integrity, and devotion to his family and fidelity to his friends. He was an able lawyer, a genius in mastering de tails, and possessed a wonderfully retentive memory. He was regarded by many as an authority on mining law, and took a prominent part in many of the cases involving apex rights in the day when the law on this subject was being developed by the courts.
William Henry Bryant died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on April 6, 1914, in his fifty-first year. His death can not be regarded but as a calamity to the State and a distinct loss to the legal profession, which he constantly adorned and which found in him one of its most brilliant members. His love and devotion at home, his professional courtesy and ability, his uni formly genial, pleasant and accommodating manner, and his devo tion to and energetic work for the community in which he lived, and whose welfare he ever sought, will always be missed.
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