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WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUNTER (1844-1898)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 945 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:ALEXANDER See also:HUNTER (1844-1898)  , Scottish jurist and politician, was See also:born in See also:Aberdeen on the 8th of May 1844, and educated at Aberdeen See also:grammar school and university . He entered the See also:Middle See also:Temple, and was called to the See also:English See also:bar in 1867, but then was occupied mainly with teaching . In 1869 he was appointed See also:professor of See also:Roman See also:law at University See also:College, See also:London, and in 1878 professor of See also:jurisprudence, resigning that See also:chair in 1882 . His name became well known during this See also:period as the author of a See also:standard See also:work on Roman law, Roman Law in the See also:Order of a See also:Code, together with a smaller See also:introductory See also:volume for students, Introduction to Roman Law . After 1882 See also:Hunter took up politics and was elected to See also:parliament for Aberdeen as a Liberal in 1885 . In the See also:House of See also:Commons he was a prominent supporter of See also:Charles See also:Bradlaugh; he was the first to See also:advocate old See also:age See also:pensions, and in 1890 carried a proposal to See also:free elementary See also:education in See also:Scotland . In 1895 his See also:health See also:broke down; he retired from parliament in 1896 and died on the 21st of See also:July 1898 .

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