Robert Ralston
Robert Ralston was a merchant and philanthropist.Biography
He became a merchant at an early age, and amassed a large fortune in the East Indian trade, which he spent liberally in benevolent enterprises. He contributed largely to the establishment of the Widows' and Orphans' Asylum and the Mariner's Church in Philadelphia, founded the , which was the first of the kind on this continent, and in 1819 became first president of the board of education of the Presbyterian church.
His colonial estate in Philadelphia became the location of Mount Vernon Cemetery and Mount Peace Cemetery.
The Robert Ralston School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
