Harry Lawson (legal scholar)

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Frederick Henry Lawson,

Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford
from 1948 to 1964.

Biography

Lawson was born in Leeds, the son of a merchant. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford, where he was Hastings Exhibitioner in Classics. From 1916 to 1918 he served in an anti-aircraft regiment. After the war, he read Modern History instead, taking a First in 1921. The following year he took another First in Jurisprudence, and was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1923.[1][2]

In 1925 he was elected a

Professor of Comparative Law, and moved from Merton to Brasenose College, Oxford. He retired from Oxford in 1964. In retirement he taught at Lancaster University.[1]

Honours

Lawson received honorary doctorates from

Louvain, Paris, Ghent, Frankfurt, Glasgow and Lancaster.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1956.[4]

Personal life

In 1933, Lawson married Elspeth Webster. Together they had four children; three daughters and a son. After his retirement from Oxford, he moved to Eden Park Road, Lancaster, Lancashire (when he was teaching at Lancaster University).[2]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31340. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
    . Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 172.
  4. ^ Nicholas, Barry (1991). "Frederick Henry Lawson 1897-1983" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 76. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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