Peter William Huber (November 3, 1952 – January 8, 2021) was a lawyer and author who served as a senior

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at the

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and was a founding partner at the law firm of

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. He is credited with popularizing the term "

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" in 1991, and articulating a conservative approach to environmentalism in his 2000 book, ''Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists''.

Life and career

Huber was born on November 3, 1952, in

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, and grew up in

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. He entered the

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at age 17. He received a

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in 1976 at the age of 23 and joined the MIT faculty as a professor, receiving tenure two years later. While a professor at MIT, Huber began attending

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. He was an editor of the ''

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'' and graduated in 1982 with a

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''. Huber was the only Harvard Law graduate between 1975 and 1996 who received the ''summa cum laude'' distinction. Huber then clerked first for judge (later Supreme Court justice)

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of the

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from 1982 to 1983, and then for justice

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of the

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from 1983 to 1984.

Books

* * * * * * (with Kenneth R. Foster) * * * * (with Mark P. Mills) *

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External links

* * Peter Hube
at MIT Press
* Peter Hube
at Manhattan Institute's City Journal quarterly magazine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huber, Peter W. American non-fiction writers Harvard Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States MIT School of Engineering alumni 1952 births 2021 deaths Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Life and career

Books

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