James Bradley Thayer
1831–1902
American lawyer and scholar. Graduated from Harvard College in 1852; studied at Harvard Law School, 1854–6; practised law in Boston, 1856–74; professor at Harvard Law School, 1874–1902. Author of works in the fields of evidence and constitutional law, including Preliminary treatise on evidence at the common law (1898).
Source
DAB
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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