American lawyer and professor
Algernon Sydney Biddle (October 11, 1847 – April 8, 1891) was an American lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School . An endowed chair was established at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in his name.
Biography
Biddle was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , to George Washington Biddle (a lawyer) and Maria (McMurtie) Biddle, their second child.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] His siblings were George Biddle and Arthur Biddle.[ 2] His great-grandfather, Colonel Clement Biddle , was quartermaster in the army of George Washington during the American Revolutionary War .[ 2]
He graduated from Yale College in 1868.[ 1] [ 3] Biddle then studied at the University of Berlin .[ 1] He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1872.[ 1] [ 3]
Biddle was a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1887 until his death, teaching evidence and torts.[ 1] [ 4] In 1887 to 1888 he was one of the editors of the American Law Register .[ 1] [ 3] He was also a member of the American Philosophical Society .[ 1]
The George Biddle and Algernon Sydney Biddle Memorial Library was established at the University of Pennsylvania Law School via a gift by George W. Biddle in his memory and in the memory of George Biddle.[ 5] In 1900 it had 23,000 books.[ 5] The law school contains a portrait of him by society portraitist Cecilia Beaux .[ 6]
An endowed chair was established at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in his name. Among the law professors who have held that chair are George Wharton Pepper , Francis Bohlen , Paul Bruton , George Haskins , and Curtis Reitz .[ 5] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Biddle married Frances Brown.[ 10] His children were Moncure (an investment banker), George (a muralist), Francis (who became both a corporate and public attorney, and was the primary US judge at the Nuremberg trials ), and Sydney Geoffrey.[ 2] [ 11] [ 12] Biddle died in Philadelphia.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e f g h Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1901). University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni . R. Herndon Company. p. 403 – via Internet Archive. algernon sydney biddle.
^ a b c d Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated . Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1921 – via Google Books.
^ a b c d "University of Delaware: BIDDLE FAMILY PAPERS" . www.lib.udel.edu .
^ Pederson, William D. (2009). The FDR Years . Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9780816074600 – via Google Books.
^ a b c Undergraduate Courses of Study Bulletin . University of Pennsylvania. 1900 – via Google Books.
^ Archambault, Anna Margaretta (1924). A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania . Penn State Press. ISBN 0271046821 – via Google Books.
^ Undergraduate Courses of Study Bulletin . University of Pennsylvania. 1917 – via Google Books.
^ Makdisi, John (2017). Estates in Land and Future Interests: Problems and Answers . Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. ISBN 9781454897811 – via Google Books.
^ Directory of Law Teachers . West Publishing Company. 1982 – via Google Books.
^ Burke, Arthur Meredyth (1991). The Prominent Families of the United States of America . Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806313085 – via Google Books.
^ Vile, John R. (2001). Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576072028 – via Google Books.
^ Cook, Bonnie L. (March 31, 2018). "Oliver Caldwell Biddle, 96, lawyer, author and member of prominent Philadelphia family" . The Inquirer .
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