Christopher Columbus Langdell

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American academic human law school dean legal scholar

Christopher Columbus Langdell was a 19th-century American legal scholar and dean of Harvard Law School who pioneered the case method of legal education.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American academic → human → law school dean → legal scholar →
academicDiscipline	common law → contract law →
almaMater	Harvard Law School NERFINISHED →
citizenship	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1826-05-22 →
dateOfDeath	1906-07-06 →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School →
employer	Harvard Law School NERFINISHED → Harvard University →
era	19th century →
familyName	Langdell →
fieldOfWork	jurisprudence → law → legal education →
fullName	Christopher Columbus Langdell →
genre	legal casebook →
givenName	Christopher →
hasHonorificName	Langdell Hall at Harvard Law School →
hasWrittenWork	A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts →
influenced	American legal education → Harvard Law School curriculum →
influencedBy	common law tradition →
knownFor	systematic use of appellate court opinions in teaching law →
memberOf	Harvard Law School faculty →
methodology	case method →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	pioneering the case method of legal education → reforming legal education in the United States →
notableIdea	law as a science to be studied through cases →
occupation	law school dean → legal scholar → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	New Boston, New Hampshire →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Dean of Harvard Law School → Professor of Law at Harvard Law School →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christopher Columbus Langdell →	fullName
Langdell Hall →	namedAfter