Williston, Samuel, 1861-1963
Variant namesProfessor of law. A.B., Harvard College 1882; L.L.B. Harvard Law School (1888); professor, Harvard Law School (1890-1963).
From the description of Certificates and appointments, 1888-1919. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235928448
Attorney, law teacher. A.M. 1882, Harvard College; LL.B. 1888, Harvard Law School; LL.D., Harvard, 1910; Amherst, 1923; Yale, 1926. Prof. law, Harv. Law School, 1890-1938.
From the description of Letter to Erwin N. Griswold, 8 August 1953. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 237392085
Attorney, law teacher. A.M., LL. B., Harvard U., 1888. LL. D., Harvard, 1910; Amherst, 1923; Yale, 1926. Prof. law, Harv. U., 1890-1938. Drew acts to make uniform the law of sales, warehouse receipts, etc. Reporter for contracts, A.L.I. Author: Law of governing the sales of goods; Law of contracts. Editor of casebooks. Contributor to professional journals.
From the description of Papers, 1927-1951. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047303
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24 September 1861:
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of Lyman Richards and Anne E. (Gale) Williston. -
1882:
A.B., Harvard -
1888:
A.M., LL.B. -
1910:
LL.D. -
1923:
LL.D., Amherst College -
1926:
Yale University -
12 September 1889:
Married Mary Fairlie Weltman. Mary and Samuel Williston had two daughters: Dorothea Lewis (Mrs. Murray F. Hall), Margaret Fairlie (Mrs. Chester B. McLaughlin, Jr.) -
1889:
Private secretary to Justice Gray of the U.S. Supreme Court -
1889 -: Private practice, Boston and Cambridge, affiliated with Hyde, Dickinson and Howe, -
1890 -1895 :Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School -
1895 -1903 :Professor of Law -
1902 -1903 :Lecturer, Law School, University of Chicago -
1903 -1919 :Weld Professor -
1909:
Acting dean, Harvard Law School -
1909:
1915:
1921:
Lecturer, University of California -
1910 -1929 :Massachusetts Commissioner for Uniform State Laws -
1919 -: Dane Professor -
1923 -1925 :Vice President of American Bar Association for Massachusetts -
1929:
Mary Fairlie Weltman dies -
1929:
Awarded first gold medal of American Bar Association, for "conspicuous service to American jurisprudence."
- Member, American Bar Association
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Reporter for Contracts, American Law Institute
- The Law Governing the Sales of Goods at Common Law and Under the Uniform Sales Act,1909; 2nd edition, 1924; revised edition 1948. [Later, posthumous editions published as Williston on Sales]
- The Law of Contracts,1920.
- Numerous articles on legal subjects in Harvard Law Review, American Law Review,etc.
- Drew acts to make uniform the law of sales, warehouse receipts, bills of lading and certificates of stock.
- Parsons on Contracts,8th edition, 1893.
- Cases on Contracts,1894; 3rd edition, 1930.
- Cases on Sales,1894; 3rd edition, 1919.
- Stephen on Pleading,1895.
- Cases on Bankruptcy,1902; 2nd edition, 1919.
- Cases on Contracts,1903-1904; 2nd edition, 1922.
- Wald's Pollock on Contracts,1905.
- Some Modern Tendencies in the Law,1930.
From the guide to the Papers, 1927-1951, (Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138)
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