About Theodore Salisbury Woolsey
Lived 1852 – 1929 (aged 76). Theodore Salisbury Woolsey was an American writer.
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (October 22, 1852 – April 24, 1929) was an American legal scholar who was professor of international law at Yale University.
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was Theodore Dwight Woolsey, President of Yale University. He graduated at Yale in 1872 and at Yale Law School (1876). In 1872 he was an initiate into The Skull and Bones Society.
After traveling in Europe, he was instructor in public law at Yale. From 1878 to 1911, he was professor of international law at Yale.
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United States legal scholar (1852–1929)
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Theodore Salisbury Woolsey was born on 22 October 1852 in New Haven.
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Theodore Salisbury Woolsey died on 24 April 1929.
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Theodore Salisbury Woolsey was a writer.
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Theodore Salisbury Woolsey was American.
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