Thomas Erskine Holland Explained
| Sir Thomas Erskine Holland |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1835 |
| Birth Place: | Brighton |
| Death Place: | Oxford |
| Occupation: | Jurist |
| Nationality: | British |
Sir Thomas Erskine Holland KC, FBA (17 July 183524 May 1926) was a British jurist.[1]
Biography
After school at Brighton College and studies at Oxford, he practiced law as a barrister from 1863 onwards. In 1874, he returned to Oxford, elected to the Vinerian Readership in English Law. Later, he became Chichele Professor of International Law and fellow of All Souls College.[2]
His prolific scholarly work, including an often-cited treatise in legal philosophy (Elements of Jurisprudence, 1880), his co-founding and editorship of Law Quarterly Review and his service as a university judge earned him the titles of a King's Counsel and a Fellow of the British Academy, as well as a knighthood in 1917.
His son, Sir Robert Erskine Holland, was an administrator in British India.
There is a memorial tablet to him in the chapel of Brighton College.
References
- Book: Luig, Klaus . 198 . Erskine of Holland, Thomas. Michael Stolleis. Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert . 2nd . 2001 . Beck . München . German . 3-406-45957-9.
- Scott . James Brown . James Brown Scott . In Memoriam: Sir Thomas Erskine Holland. American Journal of International Law . 516–519 . 20 . 3 . July 1926 . 10.1017/S0002930000128738 . 2189034. free .
- https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-33944
Notes and References
- Holdsworth . W.S. . William Searle Holdsworth . Sir Thomas Erskine Holland (1835-1926) . University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register . 76 . 3 . 231–243 . January 1928 . 3307456 .
- Book: The History of the University of Oxford: Volume VII: Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part 2 . . 2000 . 9780191700972 . 390-391 . 15 - Jurisprudence . https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199510177.003.0015.
