George Haskins

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George Lee Haskins
Born(1915-02-13)February 13, 1915
DiedOctober 4, 1991(1991-10-04) (aged 76)
OccupationLaw professor
TitleAlgernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law
Board member of
Parent(s)Charles Homer Haskins and Clare (Allen) Haskins
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School

George Lee Haskins RHS (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.[2]

Biography

Haskins was the son of

College of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He was born and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

He was a graduate of

Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf clusters and—from the British government—the George Medal.[6]

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.[7][8] He taught at the law school for 39 years.[7]

He wrote at least ten books and 82 articles.[3] Haskins was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and President of the American Society for Legal History.[5] He died on October 4, 1991, at his home in Hancock, Maine.[6]

References

  1. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp. 264–265.
  2. – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "GEORGE L. HASKINS"
  4. ^ "George L. Haskins, 76, Law Professor at Penn". The New York Times. 10 October 1991.
  5. ^ a b "Biographical Notes on Contributors; George L. Haskins". Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
  6. ^ a b "GEORGE LEE HASKINS"
  7. ^ a b "GEORGE L. HASKINS"
  8. ^ Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (30 April 1993). "Proceedings". The Association – via Google Books.