About Harold Danckwerts
Lived 1888 – 1978 (aged 90). Harold Danckwerts was a judge.
Sir Harold Otto Danckwerts (23 February 1888 – 12 June 1978) was a British judge.
Career One of three sons and one daughter of William Otto Adolph Julius Danckwerts (German, but raised in South Africa and naturalised British) and Mary Caroline Lowther, Danckwerts was educated at Winchester College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University. He was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1913.
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Who was Harold Danckwerts?
British judge (1888-1978)
When was Harold Danckwerts born?
Harold Danckwerts was born on 23 February 1888.
When did Harold Danckwerts die?
Harold Danckwerts died on 12 June 1978.
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Harold Danckwerts was a judge.
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