About Edgar Bronson Tolman
Lived 1859 – 1947 (aged 87–88). Edgar Bronson Tolman was an American lawyer.
Edgar Bronson Tolman (1859–1947) was a Chicago lawyer.
Early life
Edgar Bronson Tolman was born in Nagaon on September 5, 1859, the son of a missionary, the Rev. Cyrus F. Tolman and his wife Mary (Bronson) Tolman. His family returned to the United States in 1864.
He became editor-in-chief of the American Bar Association Journal in February 1921. He became editor-in-chief emeritus in 1946 and remained on the Journal's masthead until December 1947.
Personal life Tolman married twice, to Nellie May Brown and Blanch Stevens. He died at the age of 88 on November 20, 1947, in Chicago, where he is interred at the Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Edgar Bronson Tolman died on 20 November 1947.
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