Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1 March 1891 in
New York City
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– 10 November 1978 in
Oxford
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) was an American-born academic
jurist and lawyer; he was
Professor of Jurisprudence at the
University of Oxford
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, 1931–51, when he was also a Fellow of
University College, Oxford
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. He was the first American to be the
Master
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of an
Oxford college, and was a significant benefactor to the college.
Early life and education
Arthur Goodhart was born to a
Jewish
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family in New York City, the youngest of three children born to Harriet "Hattie" (née Lehman) and Philip Julius Goodhart.
His siblings were Howard Lehman Goodhart and Helen Goodhart Altschul (married to
Frank Altschul
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). His maternal grandfather was
Mayer Lehman
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Early life
Mayer Lehman was born in 1830 to ...
, one of three brothers who co-founded the investment banking firm
Lehman Brothers
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.
Goodhart was educated at the
Hotchkiss School,
Yale University
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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. At Yale, he was an editor of campus humor magazine ''
The Yale Record
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''. After returning to the United States, he practised law until
World War I
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. Following the war, he started to pursue an academic career in law, initially at
Cambridge University
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and later at
Oxford University
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where he became
Professor of Jurisprudence and subsequently the Master of University College. He was editor of the ''
Law Quarterly Review
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History
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'' for fifty years.
Career
Rejected for service with British forces in
World War I
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, in 1914, Goodhart became a member of the U.S. forces when the U.S. joined the war in 1917; he became counsel to the U.S. mission to
Poland
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, in 1919.
Goodhart was
called to the bar by the
Inner Temple
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1919, and became a fellow of
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and university lecturer in jurisprudence; he edited the ''
Cambridge Law Journal'', 1921–5, and the ''
Law Quarterly Review
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History
The ...
'', 1926. In 1931 he moved to Oxford to become professor of jurisprudence. He gave up that chair when he became Master of
University College, Oxford
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, 1951–63. Subsequently, he was an Honorary Fellow of the college until his death in 1978.
In 1952 he delivered the
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History
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.
As a member of the Law Revision Committee, Goodhart helped to promote improvements in various branches of the law.
Personal life
Arthur Goodhart was married to Cecily Goodhart (née Carter), a devout Anglican.
[ They had three children:][ Sir Philip Goodhart; William Goodhart, Lord Goodhart of Youlbury; and ]Charles Goodhart
Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, (born 23 October 1936) is a British economist. His career can be divided into two sections: his term with the Bank of England and its associated public policy; and his academic work with the London School of Econom ...
The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History: "Arthur Lehman Goodhart" edited by William D. Rubinstein
p. 354 (after whom Goodhart's law is named).
Legacy
Students during Goodhart's Mastership of University College included Bob Hawke, matriculate
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Australia
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d 1953, who was later Prime Minister of Australia.
The Goodhart Quad and the Goodhart Building (to the east, overlooking the quad and used for student accommodation) at University College, Oxford, off Logic Lane
__NOTOC__
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, are named in his memory. The largest lecture theatre in the Sir David Williams Building, which houses the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, is also named "The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre" after him. Cecily's Court, a small open area containing a fountain, located between the Goodhart Building and 83–85 High Street
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, is named in memory of Goodhart's wife.
Honours and titles
* 1938 Honorary bencher, Lincoln's Inn
* 1943, King's Counsel
* 1948, Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). As a US citizen, an honorary knighthood, and name not prefixed "Sir"[
* 1952, Fellow of the ]British Academy
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* He received honorary degrees from twenty universities
* Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge
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* Honorary Fellow, University College, Oxford
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References
Sources
* ''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''.
* ''Who was Who
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