biography
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| (1885–1957)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and educator, born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He studied at Brown University (1907) and later at Harvard Law School, then joined the law faculty at Harvard (1916). His book Freedom of Speech (1920) established him as a leading legal thinker on civil liberties issues. He later served on national and international commissions on freedom of the press. |
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