biography
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| (1866–1943)
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| biography:
| International lawyer and educator, born in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. He went to the USA in 1876 and served in the Spanish-American War. After a series of posts at law schools, he organized and was first dean of Los Angeles Law School (1896–9), dean at the law college of the University of Illinois (1899–1903), and professor of law at Columbia University (1903–6). He then became the chief legal officer of the state department (1906–11). Appointed secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1911–40), during those years he taught occasionally at law schools in the capital's region, and was a strong advocate for an international court of justice to settle disputes. |
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