Sir Thomas Erskine Holland
KC,
FBA (17 July 183524 May 1926) was a British jurist.
After school at
Brighton College and studies at
Oxford
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, he practiced law as a
barrister
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from 1863 onwards. In 1874, he returned to Oxford, succeeding
William Blackstone as
Vinerian Reader. Later, he became professor of international law and fellow of
All Souls College
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.
His prolific scholarly work, including an often-cited treatise in legal philosophy (''Elements of Jurisprudence'', 1880), his co-founding and editorship of ''
Law Quarterly Review
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History
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'' and his service as a university judge earned him the titles of a
King's Counsel
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and a
Fellow of the British Academy, as well as a
knighthood in 1917.
His son
Sir Robert Erskine Holland was an administrator in British India.
There is a memorial tablet to him in the chapel of
Brighton College.
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1835 births
1926 deaths
English King's Counsel
Fellows of the British Academy
Knights Bachelor
19th-century King's Counsel
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
Chichele Professors of Public International Law
English legal scholars
Burials at Wolvercote Cemetery
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