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Frederic William Maitland

1850 - 1906
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About Frederic William Maitland

Source: Wikipedia

Frederic William Maitland (28 May 1850 – c. 19 December 1906) was an English historian of medieval England and jurist who is regarded as the modern father of English legal history. From 1884 until he died in 1906, he was Reader in English Law at Cambridge. He was Downing Professor of the Laws of England. He came from a distinguished intellectual family.