About Charles Edward Clark
Lived 1889 – 1963 (aged 74). Charles Edward Clark was an American judge and politician.
Charles Edward Clark (December 9, 1889 – December 13, 1963) was the 5th Dean of Yale Law School, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and "the principal draftsman" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Education and career
Born on December 9, 1889, in Woodbridge, Connecticut, to Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline C. Marquand, Clark received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 from Yale University. He was a professor of law at Yale Law School from 1919 to 1929.
He was Special Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1938.
Other service
Clark was a visiting lecturer in law at Yale University from 1951 to 1963.
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United States federal judge
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Charles Edward Clark was born on 9 December 1889 in Woodbridge.
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Charles Edward Clark died on 13 December 1963 in Hamden.
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Charles Edward Clark was a judge and politician.
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