Simon Greenleaf

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Simon Greenleaf was a 19th-century American lawyer, Harvard Law School professor, and influential legal scholar best known for his treatise on the law of evidence.

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instanceOf American
law professor
legal scholar
person
authorOf A Brief Inquiry into the Origin and Principles of Free Masonry NERFINISHED
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence NERFINISHED
An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists NERFINISHED
barAdmission Maine bar
birthDate 1783-12-05
birthPlace Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1853-10-06
deathPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt Read law (legal apprenticeship)
employer Harvard Law School NERFINISHED
Harvard University
era 19th century
familyName Greenleaf NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork jurisprudence
law of evidence
givenName Simon NERFINISHED
hasGender male
influenced development of American rules of evidence
influencedBy common law tradition
knownFor influential treatise on evidence law
systematizing the law of evidence in the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSystem common law
memberOf Massachusetts legal community
name Simon Greenleaf NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor Harvard Law School professorship
notableWork A Treatise on the Law of Evidence NERFINISHED
occupation law professor
lawyer
legal scholar
placeOfActivity Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
Maine, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School NERFINISHED
Royall Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
practicedLawIn Maine, United States NERFINISHED
religion Christianity

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