Osborne, George E. (George Edward), 1893-1977

Scholar of mortgage and property law. Osborne received his LLB and JD degrees from Harvard in 1919 and 1920; before joining the faculty at the Stanford Law School in 1923, he taught at the Universities of West Virginia and Minnesota. He was appointed to the William Nelson Cromwell Professorship in 1953, which he held until his retirement in 1958. He died in 1977.

From the description of George E. Osborne papers, 1911-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398522

Agent or official of the East India Company in the Calcutta area responsible for the production of poppies for opium, and other crops.

From the description of Some of the original letters written by me during the Sepoy Indian Mutiny from Bustee, Dinapoor, and Goruckpoor : letterbook, 1857 May 20-1858 Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86126324

From the description of Original letters received by me during the Sepoy Indian Mutiny : letterbooks, 1857 May 27-1858 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86134273

From the description of Two years experience in Northern India during the great Indian Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 and 1858 : holograph / by George Osborne, 1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122525025

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Scholar of mortgage and property law. Osborne received his LLB and JD degrees from Harvard in 1919 and 1920; before joining the faculty at the Stanford Law School in 1923, he taught at the Universities of West Virginia and Minnesota. He was appointed to the William Nelson Cromwell Professorship in 1953, which he held until his retirement in 1958. He died in 1977.

From the guide to the George E. Osborne papers, 1911-1977, (Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives)