Tapping Reeve

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human jurist lawyer legal educator

Tapping Reeve was an American lawyer and jurist best known for founding the Litchfield Law School, the first formal law school in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
legal educator ⓘ
almaMater Princeton University ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1744-10-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1823-12-13 ⓘ
describedBySource historical records of Litchfield Law School ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Reeve ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
legal education ⓘ
founded Litchfield Law School ⓘ
givenName Tapping ⓘ
hasPlaceOfBurial Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
heritageOrEthnicity American ⓘ
influenced 19th-century American lawyers ⓘ
American legal education ⓘ
influencedBy English common law tradition ⓘ
knownFor founding the first formal law school in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Judicial Branch of Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Connecticut judiciary
notableStudent Aaron Burr ⓘ
Horace Mann ⓘ
John C. Calhoun ⓘ
notableWork Litchfield Law School curriculum ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
law professor ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
legal writer ⓘ
partOf early American legal history ⓘ
placeOfBirth Town of Brookhaven, New York ⓘ
surface form: Brookhaven, Province of New York
placeOfDeath Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
positionHeld founder of Litchfield Law School ⓘ
head of Litchfield Law School ⓘ
judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors ⓘ
relative Aaron Burr ⓘ
residence Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent establishment of Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut ⓘ
spouse Sally Burr Reeve ⓘ
workLocation Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ⓘ

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Litchfield Law School → foundedBy → Tapping Reeve ⓘ
subject surface form: Litchfield, Connecticut
Litchfield Law School → operatedBy → Tapping Reeve ⓘ