Pastorious biography
Pastorious biography
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Francis Daniel Pastorius
German-born American educator, lawyer, poet, and public official
For American politician that is his descendant, see Francis D. Pastorius.
Francis Daniel Pastorius | |
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Bas-relief impression of Francis Daniel Pastorius, c. 1897 | |
| Born | Franz Daniel Pastorius (1651-09-26)September 26, 1651 Sommerhausen, Franconian Circle, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | c.1720 (aged 68–69) Germantown, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, poet, scholar, schoolteacher, abolitionist, founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania |
| Spouse | Ennecke Klostermanns (1658–1723) (m. 1688) |
Francis Daniel Pastorius (September 26, 1651—c. 1720[1]: xii, 286 ) was a German-born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official.
He was the founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia, the first permanent German-American settlement and the gatewa