Williston, Samuel, 1861-1963

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Dates:
Birth 1861-09-24
Death 1963-02-18
English,

Biographical notes:

Professor 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

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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Subjects:

  • Admission to the bar
  • Artists' contracts
  • Contracts
  • Justices of the peace
  • Law
  • Law
  • Lawyers
  • Sales

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  • Lawyers

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  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)

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