Roscoe Pound

E82159

dean human jurist legal educator legal scholar university teacher

Roscoe Pound was an influential American legal scholar and educator, best known for developing the theory of sociological jurisprudence and serving as dean of Harvard Law School.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dean → human → jurist → legal educator → legal scholar → university teacher →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1870-10-27 →
dateOfDeath	1964-07-01 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of Nebraska →
employer	Harvard Law School NERFINISHED → University of Chicago → University of Nebraska →
endTime	1936 →
familyName	Pound →
fieldOfWork	jurisprudence → legal education → legal philosophy → sociological jurisprudence →
givenName	Roscoe →
influenced	American legal realism →
influencedBy	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → Rudolf von Jhering → Émile Durkheim →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society →
movement	sociological jurisprudence →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableIdea	law as a social institution → social engineering theory of law → sociological jurisprudence →
notableWork	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law → Interpretations of Legal History → Social Control Through Law → The Spirit of the Common Law →
occupation	author → botanist → lawyer → professor →
placeOfBirth	Lincoln, Nebraska →
placeOfBurial	Mount Auburn Cemetery →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Dean of Harvard Law School →
religion	Unitarianism →
sexOrGender	male →
startTime	1916 →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts → Lincoln, Nebraska →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Pound Hall →	namedAfter