biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1810–83)
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| biography:
| Judge, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania (1828 BA), read law, and commenced his private practice in 1831. He was a Pennsylvania district judge (1845–67), then served on the state supreme court (1868–82). Considered a great judge (only 32 out of some 4000 cases were reversed on appeal), he was also dean of the University of Pennsylvania law school (1852–68), a University of Pennsylvania trustee (1872–83), and director of the Princeton Theological Seminary. He wrote and edited many volumes on law. |
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