Telford Taylor

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author human lawyer legal scholar military officer

Telford Taylor was an American lawyer, military officer, and legal scholar best known for leading subsequent prosecutions of Nazi war criminals after World War II and later becoming a prominent critic of abuses of executive power.

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instanceOf author ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
awardReceived Legion of Merit ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
surface form: Medal of Freedom
burialPlace Albany Rural Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-02-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-05-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
Williams College ⓘ
employer Columbia Law School ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
familyName Taylor ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
international law ⓘ
military law ⓘ
givenName Telford ⓘ
knownFor applying Nuremberg principles to the Vietnam War ⓘ
criticizing abuses of executive power in the United States ⓘ
leading subsequent Nuremberg war crimes prosecutions ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Judge Advocate General’s Corps of each service ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
name Telford Taylor self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy ⓘ
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
professor ⓘ
participatedIn Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
placeOfBirth Schenectady, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan, New York City
politicalAlignment liberal ⓘ
positionHeld Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ
surface form: Chief Counsel for War Crimes, U.S. prosecution at Nuremberg
spouse Harriette Levine ⓘ
taughtAt Cardozo School of Law ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Nuremberg ⓘ

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Nuremberg trials → notableProsecutor → Telford Taylor ⓘ
Doctors' Trial → prosecutor → Telford Taylor ⓘ
Flick Trial → prosecutor → Telford Taylor ⓘ
IG Farben Trial → prosecutor → Telford Taylor ⓘ