Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1909-1916.

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Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1909-1916.

Dean, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

65 items (78 leaves).

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Lewis, William Draper, 1867-1949

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William Draper Lewis was born in Philadelphia in 1867. In 1891 he received both a law degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectured in economics at Haverford College from 1890 to 1896, while also assuming the role of instructor in legal history at the Wharton School in 1891. In 1896 Lewis joined the law department at the University of Pennsylvania as dean of the school and professor of law. Under Lewis' leadership the law school flourished as he recruited new f...