Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906

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Attorney, legal scholar. Dane Prof. of Law, 1870-1900, Harv. L.S.; Dean, 1870-1895; Dane Prof. Emeritus, 1900-1906.

From the description of Research notes and correspondence, 1870-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 713338600

Langdell graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1851, he earned a Harvard Law School LL.B. in 1853. He taught law and was Dean of the Harvard Law School.

From the description of General information about Christopher Columbus Langdell. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972807

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creatorOf Harvard Law School. Moot court competition records. 1825-1873. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Langdell research notes and correspondence, 1852-1902 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Correspondence, 1848-1937 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Waltzer, Kenneth Alan. The Harvard Law School under Langdell and Eliot : example and leadership in the professionalization of legal education, 1870-1900 / by Kenneth Waltzer. Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906. Research notes and correspondence, 1870-1900 (inclusive). Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Arnold, John Himes, 1839-1931. Letters to Christopher Columbus Langdell and Joseph H. Beale, 1892, 1898. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn James Bradley Thayer papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1790-1863. Family papers, 1802-1938 (bulk: 1830-1879) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Hills, George Ernest, d. 1962. The class notes of George Ernest Hills, 1897-1900. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Lord Family. Papers, 1807-1908. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Cummings, Charles Rogers, d. 1922. The class notes of Charles Rogers Cummings, 1893. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Diplomas, honorary degrees, citations and awards of persons affiliated with Harvard Law School. 1834 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Wigglesworth, George, 1853-1930. The Class Notes of George Wigglesworth, 1876-1877. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906. Letter of recommendation for August Kuhn (Class of 1890), signed by Christopher Columbus Langdell, Sept. 10, 1890. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906. General information about Christopher Columbus Langdell. Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Ware, Henry, 1871-1956. The Class Notes of Henry Ware, 1893-1896. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Bunker, Clarence Alfred, 1866-1961. The class notes of Clarence Alfred Bunker, 1889-1892. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Langdell, Christopher C. Letter, 1881 July 21, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Edmund M. Parker, [Cambridge, Massachusetts]. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Miscellaneous correspondence, 1889-1936. Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906. Notebooks on partnership and commercial paper, ca. 1878. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Batchelder, Samuel Francis, 1870-1927. Samuel Francis Batchelder papers, ca. 1775-1927. Cambridge Historical Society
referencedIn Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. Langdell semi-centennial number Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Webster Committee. Papers relating to a portrait of Daniel Webster, 1852, 1899. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Pollock, Frederick, Sir, 1845-1937. Correspondence, 1848-1937. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Arnold, John Himes, 1839-1931. Memorandum book, 1893-1894. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906. Notebooks on civil procedure at common law, ca. 1876. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Scrapbooks, 1869-1913 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Harvard Law School. Class notes on suretyship, 1892-1893. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Barnes, Charles Benjamin, 1868-1956. The class notes of Charles Benjamin Barnes, 1890-1893. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1790-1863. Family papers, 1802-1938 (bulk: 1830-1879) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Papers, 1807-1961 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Scott, Austin Wakeman, 1884-1981. Harvard Law School as it used to be, : as related by Professor Austin Wakeman Scott at the 30th reunion of the Class of 1934, ca. 1979. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906. Letter of recommendation for August Kuhn (Class of 1890), signed by Christopher Columbus Langdell, Sept. 10, 1890. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Harvard Law School. Harvard Law School Moot Court Records. 1825-1873. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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referencedIn Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941. Louis Brandeis autograph letter signed to Charles Eliot Norton, 1895 June 19. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Ames, James Barr, 1846-1910 person
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associatedWith Batchelder, Samuel Francis, 1870-1927. person
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associatedWith Bunker, Clarence Alfred, 1866-1961. person
associatedWith C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Langdell person
associatedWith Cummings, Charles Rogers, d. 1922. person
associatedWith Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. person
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associatedWith Hills, George Ernest, d. 1962. person
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associatedWith Lord Family family
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associatedWith Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1790-1863. person
associatedWith Parker, Edmund M., 1856-1938. person
associatedWith Pollock, Frederick, 1845-1937 person
associatedWith Pollock, Frederick, Sir, 1845-1937. person
associatedWith Scott, Austin Wakeman, 1884-1981. person
associatedWith Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902 person
associatedWith Waltzer, Kenneth Alan. person
associatedWith Ware, Henry, 1871-1956. person
associatedWith Webster Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Wigglesworth, George, 1853-1930. person
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Great Britain
Massachusetts--Cambridge
United States
Massachusetts--Cambridge
Subject
Contracts
Equity
Equity pleading and procedure
Equity pleading and procedure
Judicature acts
Law
Negotiable instruments
Partnership
Suretyship and guaranty
Occupation
Law teachers
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Birth 1826-05-22

Death 1906-07-06

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