About Henry Campbell Black
Lived 1860 – 1927 (aged 66). Henry Campbell Black was an American publisher and editor.
Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary in the US first published in 1891.
Born in Ossining, New York, Black studied at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1880, a Master of Arts degree in 1887, and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 1916. He was also the editor of The Constitutional Review from 1917 until his death in 1927.
Books
1910 edition free e-book Black, Henry Campbell (1891). A Treatise on the Law of Judgments, Including the Doctrine of Res Judicata. West Publishing.
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Who was Henry Campbell Black?
American dictionary editor (1860–1927)
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Henry Campbell Black was born on 17 October 1860 in Ossining.
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Henry Campbell Black died on 19 March 1927.
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Henry Campbell Black was a publisher and editor.
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