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EDWARD FOSS (1787-1870)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 731 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD
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FOSS (1787-1870)  ,
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English lawyer and biographer, was
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born in
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London on the 16th of
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October 1787 . He was a
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solicitor by profession, and on his retirement from practice in 184o, he devoted himself to the study of legal antiquities . His
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Judges of
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England (9 vols., 1848–1864) is a
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standard
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work, characterized by accuracy and extensive
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research . Biographia Juridica, a
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Biographical
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Dictionary of English Judges, appeared shortly after his
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death . He assisted in
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founding the Incorporated
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Law Society, of which he was
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president in 1842 and 1843 . He died of
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apoplexy on the 27th of
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July 1870 .

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