Life span: 08/29/1813 to 03/12/1888TabsLife SummaryFull name: Henry BerghPlace of Birth: New York, NYBurial Place: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: Christian Bergh (father), Elizabeth Ivers Bergh (mother), Catherine Mathilda Taylor (wife)Education: Columbia (King’s College)Occupation: DiplomatRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderOther Affiliations: OtherOther Affiliation: Animal Cruelty (Founder American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, April 1866)Government: Lincoln Administration (1861-65)Diplomat Events Date span begin Life span End Event 02/08/1866 02/08/1866 In New York City, Henry Bergh gives a public speech before leading citizens on animal rights 04/10/1866 04/10/1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is chartered in the New York Legislature 04/19/1866 04/19/1866 The New York Legislature passes its first animal anti-cruelty law, to be enforced by the ASPCA Documents Images Henry Bergh Henry Bergh, detail Bibliography
