| Joseph Battell | |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1806 |
| Birth Place: | Norfolk, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
Joseph Battell (April 17, 1806July 8, 1874) was a businessman and benefactor of Yale University.
Battell was born to Joseph Battell (1774–1841) and Sarah Robbins. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1824 before moving to New York City.[1]
Battell's sister, Irene Battell, married Yale professor William Augustus Larned. Battell was an enthusiast of sacred music and established a fund at Yale for it in 1854.[1] This gift was the first towards an eventual School of Music, officially founded in 1890.[2] He later gave $30,000 to fund the construction of Battell Chapel, completed in 1876, and willed Yale an additional $50,000 to ensure its completion. Battell died in Brooklyn, New York on July 8, 1874.[1]