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Roscoe Pound

American legal scholar and educator (1870-1964) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 93

Nathan Roscoe Pound was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and was dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936.

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He was a member of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago Law School and the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1964 · aged 93