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Born 2 Oct 1911; educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield; Bachelor of Laws (LLB Honours), 1932, and Master of Laws (LLM), 1933, University of Sheffield; Gregory Scholar in International Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934; awarded Harvard Doctorate of Juristic Science, 1936; Assistant Lecturer, King's College London, 1938; served with the Royal Army Service Corps, 1940-1946; PhD (Laws), University of London, 1941; called to the Bar by Gray's Inn, 1945; Reader in English Law, University College London, 1946-1947; Professor of Law, King's College London, 1947-1974; LLD, University of London, 1951; Dean of the Faculty of Laws, University of London, 1951-1954, 1972-1974; Dean of the Faculty of Laws, King's College London, 1951-1970; LLD, University of Sheffield, 1955; Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn, 1965; Queen's Counsel, 1966; Commander of the Order of the British Empire, (CBE), 1972; Professor of Private International Law, King's College London, 1974-1978; retired, 1978, Professor Emeritus of Private International Law; died 5 January 1991.
Publications: Examination note-book of the English legal system, including a history of judicial institutions (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1939); The conflict of laws (Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons, London, 1948) (7th edition, 1974); Cases on the conflict of laws (Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons, London, 1949); Status in the common law (Athlone Press, London, 1953); A century of family law (1857-1957) with Francis Roger Crane (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1957); The comparative evolution of principles of the conflict of laws in England and the USA (1960); Comparative aspects of the general principles of private international law (1963); Law: an outline for the intending student (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1967); The Uniform Laws on International Sales Act 1967 with E. J. Cohn and Diana Graveson (Butterworths, London, 1968); Problems of private international law in non-unified legal systems (1975); One law: on jurisprudence and the unification of law (North-Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam, Oxford, 1977); Comparative conflict of laws (North-Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam, Oxford, 1977); general editor of Problems in private international law (1977).