Julius Ludwig Goebel, Jr. (December 3, 1892 – August 4, 1973) was an American legal historian who taught at the Columbia University School of Law from 1925 until his retirement in 1961.
Julius Goebel, Jr. | |
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| Born | Julius Ludwig Goebel, Jr. December 3, 1892 |
| Died | August 4, 1973 (aged 80) |
| Spouse | Dorothy Goebel |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Legal history |
| Institutions | Columbia University School of Law |
Biography
editGoebel was born on December 3, 1892, in Menlo Park, California. He attended the University of Illinois, from which he received an A.B. degree in 1912 and a M.A. degree in 1913. He then enrolled at Columbia University, where he became a University Fellow and earned his Ph.D. in 1915, followed by his LL.B. in 1923. In 1938, he was named George Welwood Murray Professor of Legal History at Columbia, and he remained in this position until his retirement in 1961. In 1970, he received the Order of May from the government of Argentina for his book The Struggle for the Falkland Islands. He died on August 4, 1973, after a long illness.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "Julius Goebel Jr., Legal Historian". The New York Times. 1973-08-05. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ Smith, Joseph H. (November 1973). "Julius Goebel, Jr.--A Tribute". Columbia Law Review. 73 (7): 1372–1382. doi:10.2307/1121783. JSTOR 1121783.
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