Julien Davies Cornell Explained

Julien Davies Cornell
Birth Date:March 17, 1910
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Death Place:Goshen, New York
Nationality:American
Occupation:Lawyer

Julien Davies Cornell (March 17, 1910 – December 2, 1994) was an American lawyer.[1] Cornell, a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Yale Law School and a descendant of Ezra Cornell, was a pacifist who defended many conscientious objectors who refused to serve in World War II[2] and wrote two books on the subject of conscientious objection, The Conscientious Objector and the Law (1943) and Conscience and the State (1944). Cornell's greatest notoriety came from his defense of Ezra Pound following Pound's indictment for treason for his wartime broadcasts denouncing the Allied war effort and its political leaders and praising Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, an experience Cornell chronicled in The Trial of Ezra Pound (1966).[3]

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  1. Book: Cornell, Julien Davies. American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-01218.html. Oxford University Press.
  2. http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/scpc-dg-010 Julien D. Cornell Papers, Collection Identifier: SCPC-DG-010
  3. News: Julien Cornell, 83, The Defense Lawyer In Ezra Pound Case. January 23, 2012. The New York Times. December 7, 1994.