WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUNTER (1844-1898)
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V13,
Page 945
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUNTER (1844-1898)
, Scottish jurist and politician, was born in Aberdeen on the 8th of May 1844, and educated at Aberdeen grammar school and university
.
He entered the Middle Temple, and was called to the English bar in 1867, but then was occupied mainly with teaching
.
In 1869 he was appointed professor of Roman law at University College, London, and in 1878 professor of jurisprudence, resigning that chair in 1882
.
His name became well known during this period as the author of a standard work on Roman law, Roman Law in the See also: - ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order of a Code, together with a smaller introductory volume for students, Introduction to Roman Law
.
After 1882 Hunter took up politics and was elected to parliament for Aberdeen as a Liberal in 1885
.
In the House of Commons he was a prominent supporter of Charles Bradlaugh; he was the first to advocate old age pensions, and in 1890 carried a proposal to free elementary education in Scotland
.
In 1895 his health broke down; he retired from parliament in 1896 and died on the 21st of July 1898
.
End of Article: WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUNTER (1844-1898)
|
[back] WILLIAM HUNTER (1718–1783)
|
[next] HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. E...
|