| | 21 | Name: | Mr. Isaac Stern | | | Institution: | Carnegie Hall | | | Year Elected: | 1995 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 501. Creative Artists | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1920 | | | Death Date: | September 22, 2001 | | | | |
| 22 | Name: | Isaac Taylor | | | Year Elected: | 1895 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 23 | Name: | Isaac Wayne | | | Year Elected: | 1840 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| 24 | Name: | Isaac Wharton | | | Year Elected: | | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 9/15/1745 | | | Death Date: | 3/31/1808 | | | | | | |
Isaac Wharton (15 September 1754─31 March 1808) was a merchant and a member of the American Philosophical Society via his 1768 election to the American Society. Wharton was born in Philadelphia and followed his father into the mercantile business. With his brother Thomas, he opened a trading firm and soon had established himself in Philadelphia society. Wharton remained in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, including the British occupation of the city. Although he was formally attainted of treason for allegedly aiding his brother who had fled to Virginia with other Loyalists, Wharton convinced city officials of his loyalty and took the oath of allegiance to Pennsylvania in 1778. Following the end of the war and the death of his brother Thomas, Wharton partnered with another brother (and fellow APS member) Samuel Wharton, and the two continued their mercantile pursuits while also expanding into insurance brokerage. Wharton also became active in Philadelphia’s local institutions, serving as a manager and secretary to the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1781 to 1784 as well as director of the Library Company from 1782 to 1784. In 1792, he was appointed the director of the Bank of the United States and would serve on its board for fifteen years. In 1793 he purchased a country estate overlooking the Schuylkill River, a place he could retreat during the city’s many yellow fever outbreaks. His son, Thomas Isaac Wharton, was an APS member. (PI) | |
| 25 | Name: | Isaac J. Wistar | | | Year Elected: | 1893 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1827 | | | Death Date: | 9/18/05 | | | | |
| 26 | Name: | Isaac Zane | | | Year Elected: | | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 7/6/1743 | | | Death Date: | 8/10/1795 | | | | | | |
Isaac Zane, Jr. (6 July 1743–10 August 1795) was a businessman, public official, soldier, and a member of the Young Junto, elected c. 1758. Born in Philadelphia, he relocated by 1768 to Virginia where he ran the Marlboro Iron Works outside of Middletown. There he also entered public office, serving as a magistrate, a Frederick County representative in the House of Burgesses, and a delegate to several Virginia conventions. Zane’s involvement in the American Revolution ranged from fulfilling large iron orders for the Continental Congress to sheltering exiled Philadelphia Quakers. Interested in literature and science, he had a large library and kept up a healthy correspondence with figures like Thomas Jefferson, who visited Zane’s iron works. At the end of his life, Zane briefly served as a brigadier general in the state militia during the Whiskey Rebellion. (PI) | |
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