# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-columbus-langdell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:15.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-columbus-langdell"
name: "Christopher Columbus Langdell"
slug: "christopher-columbus-langdell"
description: "Christopher Columbus Langdell was an American jurist and legal academic who was Dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895. As a professor and administrator, he pioneered the casebook method of instruction, which has since been widely adopted in American law schools and adapted for other professional disciplines, such as business, public policy, and education. He has been referred to as \"arguably the most influential teacher in the history of professional education in the United States\"."
tagline: "American lawyer and academic (1826–1906)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1826-05-22"
deathDate: "1906-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump