Willard Goldsmith Rouse

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Willard Goldsmith Rouse
BornApril 14, 1867
Creswell, Maryland,[1] U.S.
Died1930 (age 62–63)
Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationJohns Hopkins University
Spouse(s)Lydia Agnes Robinson[2]
Children7, including Willard and James

Willard Goldsmith Rouse (April 14, 1867 – 1930) was an American attorney, businessman, and father of land developer James Rouse.

Youth, education, early career[]

Rouse was born in Creswell, Maryland, the son of Harriet Bayliss (Hanway) and John Goldsmith Rouse. He was a lawyer trained at Johns Hopkins University who once ran as the state's attorney for Harford County, Maryland. When he lost, the Rouse family moved from Bel Air, Maryland to Easton, Maryland. Rouse died due to cancer of the bladder and his wife to heart failure, and lost his home on Brooklett's Avenue to bank foreclosure.[3]

Personal life[]

Rouse is the great-grandfather of actor Edward Norton.[4]

Rouse's other son, Willard Rouse II, and grandson, Willard Rouse III, were also notable real estate developers.

References[]

  1. ^ Marx, Paul (2008). Jim Rouse: Capitalist/idealist. University Press of America. p. 15. ISBN 9780761839446. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ Robert J. Terry (August 20, 2004). "James Rouse: A Timeline". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  3. ^ "James W. Rouse, 81, dies". The New York Times. April 10, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  4. ^ Kelly, Jacques (November 10, 2010). "Elizabeth 'Libby' Rouse dies at 96". The Baltimore Sun.
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