Roscoe Pound
Roscoe Pound | |
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Pound circa 1916 | |
| Dean of Harvard Law School | |
| In office 1916–1936 | |
| Preceded by | Ezra Ripley Thayer |
| Succeeded by | James M. Landis |
| Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law | |
| In office 1903–1911 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nathan Roscoe Pound October 27, 1870 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | June 30, 1964 (aged 93) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS, MS, PhD) Harvard University |
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| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Northwestern University University of Chicago Harvard University University of California, Los Angeles |
Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 28, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and was dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago Law School and the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.