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Albert Hall Whitfield (born October 12, 1849, in Aberdeen, Mississippi; died November 12, 1918, in Jackson, Mississippi) was an American scholar, attorney, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.[1][2]
Whitfield was born in Aberdeen, Mississippi, the son of Robert Donnell Whitfield (1826 - 1890).
From 1872 to 1874 Whitfield was Adjunct Professor of Greek at the University of Mississippi, later being appointed Professor of Law.[3][1]
In 1894 Governor John M. Stone appointed Hall as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.[1] Hall would serve as chief justice of the court from 1900 until 1908.[4]
Whitfield is buried in Cedarlawn Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Michael Landon (2006). The University of Mississippi School of Law: A Sesquicentennial History. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-1-57806-918-7.
- ^ William H. Watkins. Albert Hall Whitfield, Lawyer, Judge, Orator.
- ^ http://classics.olemiss.edu/history/after-the-civil-war/
- ^ Mississippi. Supreme Court; Robert James Walker; William C. Smedes (1906). Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi ... E.W. Stephens Publishing Company. pp. 3–.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1904. pp. 461–.
- ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13222546
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Category:University of Mississippi alumni
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Category:1849 births
Category:1918 deaths