William P. Richardson (law school dean)
William Payson Richardson | |
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Born | Farmer Center, Ohio, US | November 6, 1864
Died | August 29, 1945 | (aged 80)
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Occupation(s) | Law school dean and legal scholar |
Employer | Brooklyn Law School |
Notable work | The Law of Evidence |
Title | Dean |
Term | 1901-45 |
Political party | Republican[1] |
Spouse | Bessie Hoy |
Children | 1 |
William Payson Richardson (November 6, 1864 – August 29, 1945) was the co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School, a position he held for the years 1901–1945.[2][1][3][4][5] He was also a legal scholar, and authored many books.
Biography
Richardson was born in Farmer Center,
Law school dean
Richardson co-founded
Richardson served on the Committee on Legal Education of the New York City Bar Association.[17]
Legal works
He was a legal scholar who authored many books, including Commercial Law (1898), Richardson's Commercial Law (1904), Outlines of Contracts (1908), Outlines of Bills and Notes (1914), Principles of the Law of Contract (1920), Selected Cases in Evidence (1927), The Law of Evidence (1928), The Law of Suretyship and Guaranty (1929), The Law of Bailments, Carriers, and Innkeepers (1937). The concise but extremely practical work on Evidence by Dean William Payson Richardson ... has been regarded highly since its first appearance, both by members of the judiciary and by practicing lawyers. The present reviewer reviewed the first four editions in the columns of the New York Law Journal
References
- ^ a b c d "RICHARDSON, William Payson". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1938. p. 141.
- ^ Levy, Felice (1979). "Richardson, William Payson". Obituaries on File. Vol. 2. Facts on File. p. 797.
- ^ a b "The Lost Dean of Brooklyn Law School". The BLS Advocate. March 31, 2013.
- ^ Patterson, Homer L. (1913). Patterson's American Educational Directory. American Educational Company.
- ^ American College and Private School Directory. Educational Aid Society. 1915.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1949.
- ^ a b Derby, George; White, James Terry (1949). The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White.
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1949.
- ^ "School Founder Dies". Lima News Newspaper Archives. August 30, 1945. p. 17.
- ^ a b c d Schwarz, Julius Caesar (1937). Who's Who in Law.
- ^ American Law School Review. West Publishing Company. 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ "James Valedictorian Brooklyn Law". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York). Jun 12, 1914. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Brooklyn Law Dean Search," January 2011.
- ^ American Law School Review. West Publishing Company. 1911 – via Google Books.
- ^ "August 30, 1945 · Page 11". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York.
- ^ "May 2017 Commencement Prizes, Awards"
- ^ New York State Bar Association (1921). Proceedings and Committee Reports. Boyd Print. Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Richardson, William Payson (1920). Principles of the Law of Contract. Richardson – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ Richardson, William Payson (1904). Richardson's Commercial Law: A Text-book for Schools, Colleges and Private Reference. Sadler-Rowe – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ Richardson, William Payson (1914). Outlines of Bills and Notes. Brooklyn Law Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Richardson, William Payson (1928). The Law of Evidence – via Google Books.
- ^ Richardson, William Payson (1908). Outlines of Contracts. Brooklyn Law School – via Google Books.
- ^ Richardson, William Payson (1898). Commercial Law. Sadler-Rowe Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Wormser, I. Maurice (1937). "Book Reviews: The Law of Evidence". Fordham Law Review. 6: 503–04.