John Henry Wigmore
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John Henry Wigmore (1863-1943) was an American lawyer and legal scholar known for his expertise in the law of evidence and for his influential scholarship. Wigmore taught law at Keio University in Tokyo (1889-1892) before becoming the first full-time dean of Northwestern Law School (1901-1929).
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John Henry Wigmore (1863-1943) was an American lawyer and legal scholar known for his expertise in the law of evidence and for his influential scholarship. Wigmore taught law at Keio University in Tokyo (1889-1892) before becoming the first full-time dean of Northwestern Law School (1901-1929). His scholarship is best remembered for his Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law (1904), often simply called Wigmore on Evidence, and a graphical analysis method known as a Wigmore chart. He served as the second president of the American Association of University Professors.
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