List of Centenarians (Jurists and Practitioners of Law) Information
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as jurists and practitioners of law – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlowersSampson Salter Blowers | 1742–1842 | 100 | Canadian defence attorney representing the soldiers accused after the Boston Massacre |
| BootleWilliam Augustus Bootle | 1902–2005 | 102 | American attorney and jurist |
| BrownWesley E. Brown | 1907–2012 | 104 | American district court judge[1] |
| BurkeJoseph Burke | 1888–1990 | 101 | American judge[2] |
| CaneMelville Henry Cane | 1879–1980 | 100 | American lawyer and poet |
| CowenArnold Wilson Cowen | 1905–2007 | 101 | American lawyer and judge |
| CrawfordThomas Simpson Crawford | 1875–1976 | 100 | Australian lawyer and politician |
| DenningTom Denning, Baron Denning | 1899–1999 | 100 | English Master of the Rolls |
| FayEdgar Fay | 1908–2009 | 101 | British judge[3] |
| GillespieSamuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr. | 1910–2011 | 100 | American counsel[4] |
| GunzburgNico Gunzburg | 1882–1984 | 101 | Belgian lawyer and criminologist |
| HenryTrevor Henry | 1902–2007 | 105 | New Zealand justice on the Supreme Court of New Zealand |
| HillOliver Hill | 1907–2007 | 100 | American lawyer and civil rights activist |
| KingAlan King-Hamilton | 1904–2010 | 105 | British judge[5] |
| LimbaughRush Limbaugh, Sr. | 1891–1996 | 104 | American jurist, grandfather of Rush Limbaugh |
| MartinLudwig Martin | 1909–2010 | 100 | German lawyer and Attorney General[6] |
| MedinaHarold Medina | 1888–1990 | 102 | American lawyer, teacher and judge |
| PogueL. Welch Pogue | 1899–2003 | 103 | American aviation attorney |
| ScovilCarlos P. Scovil | 1804–1904 | 100 | New York assemblyman, state senator, county judge[7] |
| ShawcrossHartley Shawcross | 1902–2003 | 101 | Lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal |
| WalshLawrence Walsh | 1912– | 100 | American lawyer, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General[8] |
| WartenburgMarion Yorck von Wartenburg | 1904–2007 | 102 | German jurist, judge and World War II resistance fighter |
| WillistonSamuel Williston | 1861–1963 | 101 | American lawyer and law professor |
| WoodroughJoseph William Woodrough | 1873–1977 | 104 | American judge[9] |
References
- ^ "Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in Wichita". The Wichita Eagle. 2012-01-24. http://www.kansas.com/2012/01/24/2187734/federal-judge-wesley-brown-dies.html. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Heise, Kenan (1990-02-01). "Judge Joseph Burke; spent 54 years on bench". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "His Honour Edgar Fay". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-11-23. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/6638039/His-Honour-Edgar-Fay.html. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ Snyder, Donald J. (Fall 2010). . The Senior Lawyer (New York State Bar Association) 2 (2). ISSN 1949-8330. . Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "His Honour Alan King-Hamilton". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-03-24. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/7515016/His-Honour-Alan-King-Hamilton.html. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ "GBA: Zum Tode von Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof a.D. Ludwig Martin" (in German). Polizeipresse. 2010-04-01. http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/14981/1588865/der_generalbundesanwalt_beim_bundesgerichtshof_gba. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ "Oldest Ex-Assemblyman Dead". The New York Times. 1904-04-28. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70E12FF395414728DDDA10A94DC405B848CF1D3. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ Robinson, William T. (2012-01-12). "Judge Lawrence E. Walsh’s 100th Birthday Noted in Conversation with ABA President Robinson". American Bar Association. http://www.abanow.org/2012/01/judge-lawrence-e-walshs-100th-birthday-noted-in-conversation-with-aba-president-robinson/. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "Woodrough, Joseph William". Federal Judicial Center. January 2012. http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2644&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
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