George Haskins
George Lee Haskins | |
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Died | October 4, 1991 | (aged 76)
Occupation | Law professor |
Title | Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law |
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Parent(s) | Charles Homer Haskins and Clare (Allen) Haskins |
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Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
George Lee Haskins (February 13, 1915 – October 4, 1991) was an American legal scholar and the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]
Biography
Haskins was the son of medievalist Charles Homer Haskins, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He was born and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]
He was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (1931), Harvard University (AB, summa cum laude, 1935), and Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1942).[3] Haskins was a Guggenheim Fellow, and was a Henry Fellow at Merton College of Oxford University.[4] He enlisted during World War 2, and rose to become a major in military intelligence in the War Department General Staff, receiving the Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf clusters and -- from the British government -- the George Medal.[5] [5]
Haskins was the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the oldest of the endowed chairs at the law school.[6][7] He taught at the law school for 39 years.[6]
He wrote at least ten books and 82 articles.[2] Haskins was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and President of the American Society for Legal History.[4] He died on October 4, 1991, at his home in Hancock, Maine.[5]
References
- ^ Haskins, George Lee (1984). Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts: A Study in Tradition and Design. University Press of America – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "GEORGE L. HASKINS"
- ^ "George L. Haskins, 76, Law Professor at Penn". 10 October 1991 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b "Biographical Notes on Contributors; George L. Haskins". Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
- ^ a b c "GEORGE LEE HASKINS"
- ^ a b "GEORGE L. HASKINS"
- ^ Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (30 April 1993). "Proceedings". The Association – via Google Books.
- 1915 births
- 1991 deaths
- Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- American legal scholars
- University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty
- People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- United States Department of War officials
- Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
- People from Hancock, Maine
- Maine lawyers
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society