Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902

Attorney, teacher, legal scholar. LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1856; LL.D., 1894; Royall Prof. 1874-1883; Weld Prof. 1883-1902. Law practice in Boston, 1856-1874. Chairman, Committe on Indian Legislation, 1887-1892. Consultant on Dakota Constitution of 1889. Author of Preliminary Treatise on the Law of Evidence at Common Law (1898), John Marshall (1901), A Western Journey with Emerson (1884).

From the description of Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1787-1902 (inclusive), 1850-1902 (bulk). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 122505738

James Bradley Thayer was a Boston lawyer and professor of law at Harvard (1873-1902).

From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1778-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365672

From the guide to the Letters to James Bradley Thayer from various correspondents, 1778-1895., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Thayer (Harvard, A.B., 1852) taught law at Harvard Law School.

From the description of Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1856-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972899

Thayer was an attorney, teacher, legal scholar. LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1856; LL.D., 1894; Royall Prof. 1874-1883; Weld Prof. 1883-1902; Hartwell was an associate justice of the Hawaii (Republic) Supreme Court (1868-1874); attorney general (1874, 1876-1878) and chief justice of the Supreme Court (1907-1911).

From the description of Letter to Alfred Stedman Hartwell, 1 November 1895. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 237396079

Thayer, James Bradley, attorney, law professor, legal scholar.

b. Haverhill, Massachusetts, January 15, 1831.

s. Abijah Wyman and Susan Bradley Thayer.

A.B., Harvard College, 1852.

Graduate work, Harvard University; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1856.

LL.D., Iowa State University, 1891; Harvard University, 1894.

m. Sophia Bradford Ripley, 1861.

Practiced law in Boston from 1856 until 1874.

Royall Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 1874-1883 (appointed Royall Professor December 8, 1873); Weld Professor of Law, 1883-1902.

d. February 14, 1902 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

From the guide to the Papers, 1787-1902, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)