STANLEY, M. Victor. near Omro, Wisc. 1866 — 19??. U.S. Studied at Lawrence University, 1887-1892, then at University of Wisconsin (B.A. 1893) and University of Oregon (M.A. 1894, LL.B. 1904). Ph.D. 1895 Yale. In 1900 admitted to bar, for a while practised in Portland, Oregon. Then teaching Latin, soon Supervising-Principal…
SINCLAIR, Albert Thomas. Brighton, Middlesex, Mass. 4.12.1844 — Boston, Mass. 21.4.1911. U.S. Lawyer and Gipsy Scholar. Son of Thomas Sinclair (1805–1883) and Caroline Abby Tracy. Worked as lawyer in Brighton, then in Boston. Married 1889 Mary Terrell Ross (1863–1902), three daughters. Publications: “An American-Romani vocabulary, by Albert Thomas Sinclair; comp. and…
PIKE, Albert. Boston 29.12.1809 — Washington, D.C. 2.4.1891. U.S. Author, Poet, Orator, Editor, Lawyer. and Confederate General. Son of Benjamin Pike and Sarah Andrews. Grew up in Byfield and Newburyport, Mass. Self-educated, worked as teacher in Gloucester, North Bedford, Fairhaven and Newburyport. In 1831 left for west, stayed first in…
OEHRN, Carolus (Karl Öhrn). Helsingborg 26.2.1777 — Helsingborg 25.4.1832. Swedish Lawyer. Son of Sven Öhen (d. 1816) and Maria Schiött, grew up in Helsingborg. Studies at Lund, fil.cand. 1797, law examination 1798, magister 1799. Notary from 1801, then council member in Helsingborg 1812-32. Married 1804 Beata Maria Coster, four children. Publications: Dissertatio …
HALE, William Henry. Albany, NY 20.8.1840 — Brooklyn, NY 3.5.1919. U.S. Lawyer. Son of Silvester Hale (1804–1881) and Nancy Arzelia Eames. Studies at Yale (B.A. 1860) and S.U.N.Y. Albany (LL.B. 1861). Ph.D. 1863 Yale. Lawyer, and Superintendent of Public Baths in Brooklyn, N.Y. Married 1892 Louisa Gertrude Washington. Publications: Diss. Comparison of the evolution of…
PHELPS, John. Baltimore 25.7.1873 — Mitchellville, Prince George’s County, Maryland 16.12.1955. U.S. Lawyer and Classical Scholar. Son of Brigadier-General Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908) and Martha Woodward. B.A. 1894 Johns Hopkins. Worked as attorney in Baltimore, but kept a lifelong interest in classics and linguistics. Twice married, with Anna Turner (1876–1955)…
MARKBY, William. Duxford, Cambridgeshire 31.5.1829 — Headington, Oxford 15.10.1914. Sir. British Lawyer. Son of Rev. William Henry Markby, Rector of Duxford, and Sophia Randall. Educated at Bury St.Edmunds. From 1846 studies at Merton College, Oxford (B.A. in mathematics 1851, M.A. 1856). Fellow of All Soul’s College and Balliol College. Called…
MAINE, Henry James Sumner. Kelso, Roxburghshire 15.8.1822 — Cannes, France 3.2.1888. Sir. British Lawyer and Legal Historian in India. Son of Dr. James Maine and Eliza Fell, educated at Christ’s Hospital, London. From 1840 studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1844). Called to the bar from Lincoln’s Inn 1850. In…
JACKSON, Welby Brown. Ilford, Essex (London) 30.12.1802 — 17.11.1890.British Civil Servant and Artist in India. Son of Sir John Jackson, Bart. (1763–1820), M.P., and Charlotte Spry Gorham (1772–1807). To India before 1830, 1852 still there, 1856 in England and then lived long in Upton, Buckinghamshire (still there 1881). At some time…
FRANKE, Emil. Velké Březno 3.4.1880 — Prague 1.12.1939. Czech Lawyer and Politician, former student of Indology. Gymnasium in Hradec Králové. From 1899 studies of law at Prague, soon (1902-08) also Sanskrit under Zubatý, then also at Vienna and Berlin. Worked at university library in Prague. In 1917 joined the Czech…