Williston, Samuel, 1861-1963

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Professor of law. A.B., Harvard College 1882; L.L.B. Harvard Law School (1888); professor, Harvard Law School (1890-1963).

From the description of Certificates and appointments, 1888-1919. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235928448

Attorney, law teacher. A.M. 1882, Harvard College; LL.B. 1888, Harvard Law School; LL.D., Harvard, 1910; Amherst, 1923; Yale, 1926. Prof. law, Harv. Law School, 1890-1938.

From the description of Letter to Erwin N. Griswold, 8 August 1953. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 237392085

Attorney, law teacher. A.M., LL. B., Harvard U., 1888. LL. D., Harvard, 1910; Amherst, 1923; Yale, 1926. Prof. law, Harv. U., 1890-1938. Drew acts to make uniform the law of sales, warehouse receipts, etc. Reporter for contracts, A.L.I. Author: Law of governing the sales of goods; Law of contracts. Editor of casebooks. Contributor to professional journals.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1951. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047303

24 September 1861: Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of Lyman Richards and Anne E. (Gale) Williston.
1882: A.B., Harvard
1888: A.M., LL.B.
1910: LL.D.
1923: LL.D., Amherst College
1926: Yale University
12 September 1889: Married Mary Fairlie Weltman. Mary and Samuel Williston had two daughters: Dorothea Lewis (Mrs. Murray F. Hall), Margaret Fairlie (Mrs. Chester B. McLaughlin, Jr.)
1889: Private secretary to Justice Gray of the U.S. Supreme Court
1889 - : Private practice, Boston and Cambridge, affiliated with Hyde, Dickinson and Howe,
1890 - 1895 : Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
1895 - 1903 : Professor of Law
1902 - 1903 : Lecturer, Law School, University of Chicago
1903 - 1919 : Weld Professor
1909: Acting dean, Harvard Law School
1909: 1915: 1921: Lecturer, University of California
1910 - 1929 : Massachusetts Commissioner for Uniform State Laws
1919 - : Dane Professor
1923 - 1925 : Vice President of American Bar Association for Massachusetts
1929: Mary Fairlie Weltman dies
1929: Awarded first gold medal of American Bar Association, for "conspicuous service to American jurisprudence."

Member, American Bar Association Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Reporter for Contracts, American Law Institute The Law Governing the Sales of Goods at Common Law and Under the Uniform Sales Act,1909; 2nd edition, 1924; revised edition 1948. [Later, posthumous editions published as Williston on Sales] The Law of Contracts,1920. Numerous articles on legal subjects in Harvard Law Review, American Law Review,etc. Drew acts to make uniform the law of sales, warehouse receipts, bills of lading and certificates of stock. Parsons on Contracts,8th edition, 1893. Cases on Contracts,1894; 3rd edition, 1930. Cases on Sales,1894; 3rd edition, 1919. Stephen on Pleading,1895. Cases on Bankruptcy,1902; 2nd edition, 1919. Cases on Contracts,1903-1904; 2nd edition, 1922. Wald's Pollock on Contracts,1905. Some Modern Tendencies in the Law,1930.

From the guide to the Papers, 1927-1951, (Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138)

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creatorOf	Aldrich, Winthrop W. (Winthrop William), b. 1885. Class notes of Winthrop Aldrich, 1894-1895.	Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn	American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions archives, 1810-1961.	Houghton 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	Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000.	Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf	Biele, Lawrence David, d. 1989. The class notes of Lawrence David Biele, 1933-1936.	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	Campbell, Allen Reuben, d. 1957. Class notes on the history of the law, 1921-1922.	Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf	Carrington, Paul D., 1931-. Class notes of Paul D. Carrington, ca. 1953.	Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf	Carter, Henry Alpheus Pierce, d. 1918. The class notes of Henry Alpheus Pierce Carter, 1914-1917.	Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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associatedWith	Ames, James Barr, 1846-1910.
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