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George Wirgman Hemming

1821–1905

Mathematician and law reporter. Entered Lincoln’s Inn in 1844; called to the bar, 1850. Reporter in the Chancery courts, 1859–94. Junior counsel to the treasury, 1871–5. Appointed to Queen’s Counsel, 1875. Standing counsel to Cambridge University, 1875–9.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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