Christopher Columbus Langdell

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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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Christopher Columbus Langdell canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American academic
human
law school dean
legal scholar
academicDiscipline common law
contract law
almaMater Harvard Law School
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
Harvard University
era 19th century
familyName Langdell
fieldOfWork jurisprudence
law
legal education
fullName Christopher Columbus Langdell self-link
genre legal casebook
givenName Christopher
hasHonorificName Harvard Law School academic complex
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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Description of subject: 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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Langdell Hall namedAfter Christopher Columbus Langdell
Christopher Columbus Langdell fullName Christopher Columbus Langdell self-link
Langdell notableBearer Christopher Columbus Langdell
Langdell hasNameInEnglish Christopher Columbus Langdell
subject surface form: Christopher Columbus Langdell
A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts author Christopher Columbus Langdell