William Ephraim Mikell Explained

William Ephraim Mikell (January 29, 1868 January 19, 1944) was an American legal scholar, lawyer and dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.^[1]

Biography

Mikell was born in Sumter, South Carolina, to Thomas Price and Rebecca (Moses) Mikell.^{[2] [3]} He married Martha Turner McBee in 1894.^{[2] [4] [5]} He lived in Philadelphia and maintained a winter home in Charleston, South Carolina, and was buried in the city.^[4]

He graduated from South Carolina Military College (the Citadel) with a BS in 1890, and from the University of Virginia Law School in 1894.^{[2] [6]} Mikell was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1894.^[3]

Mikell was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1915 to 1929.^{[2] [4]} He had joined the law school faculty in 1897, and taught at the law school for 46 years.^{[7] [6]}

He wrote a number of books on the law, primarily on criminal law.^{[4] [8] [9]} The University of Pennsylvania has an archive with a collection of his papers.^[10]

Mikell is buried on Edisto Island at the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island Cemetery in Charleston.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Pennsylvania Gazette ...: Weekly Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 1944. Google Books.
2. Book: The Alumni Register of the University of Pennsylvania. 1914. General Alumni Society. Google Books.
3. Book: Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni. 454. William Ephraim Mikell sumter.. 1901. R. Herndon Company. Internet Archive.
4. Book: The Living Church. 1944. Morehouse-Gorham Company. Google Books.
5. Book: University Of Virginia. 1904. Google Books.
6. Book: Annual Report - Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 1944. Google Books.
7. Book: University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register. 1944. Department of Law, University of Pennsylvania. Google Books.
8. https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=9343&context=penn_law_review "William Ephraim Mikell"
9. Book: Who's who in America. John William. Leonard. Albert Nelson. Marquis. 1920. A.N. Marquis. Google Books.
10. Web site: William E. Mikell papers. Penn Libraries. University of Pennsylvania. November 8, 2019.
11. Web site: William Ephraim Mikell (1868-1944) - Find A Grave Memorial. .