Farmer, Fyke

Dates:
Active 1943
Active 1952

Biographical notes:

Lawyer and activist.

From the description of Fyke Farmer papers, 1875-1997 (bulk 1945-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71073561

Biographical Note

1901, Nov. 25 Born, Cedar Hill, Tenn. 1923 B.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. 1925 Law degree, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. circa 1925 Lawyer with the firm of Bass, Berry, and Sims, Nashville, Tenn. 1928 Married Fanny Leake 1936 Began law firm of Farmer, Denney, and Leftwich, Nashville, Tenn. 1950 Delegate, World Constituent Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland 1953 Worked to overturn the espionage conviction of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 1997, May 23 Died, Nashville, Tennessee

From the guide to the Fyke Farmer Papers, 1875-1997, (bulk 1945-1953), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Income tax
  • Income tax
  • International organization
  • Nuclear energy
  • Trials (Conspiracy)
  • Trials (Conspiracy)
  • Trials (Espionage)
  • Trials (Espionage)

Occupations:

  • Lawyers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)

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