George Derek Gordon Hall,
FBA (8 November 1924 – 15 September 1975)
['Mr Derek Hall' The Times Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1975 Issue 59502 p.16] was
President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1969 until his death.
Hall was educated at
South Shields High School,
Appleby Grammar School
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and
The Queen's College, Oxford.
He served in the
RAF from 1943 to 1946. A
legal historian
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, he was a
Lecturer
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in
Law at the
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1948 to 1949; and
Fellow and
Tutor in Law at
Exeter College, Oxford, from 1949 until 1969, after which he served as President of Corpus Christi College.
He was elected a
fellow of the British Academy
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in 1975.
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1924 births
1975 deaths
People from South Shields
People educated at Appleby Grammar School
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford
Presidents of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Legal historians
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
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