Cox, Archibald (1912–2004)

US professor of law and solicitor general. He is best known as director of the office of the Watergate special prosecution force in 1973; he was fired when he demanded that President Richard Nixon turn over possibly incriminating tapes.

He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. He served as solicitor general of the USA under Presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961–65. A widely published expert on labour law, he was professor at Harvard 1946–61, and 1965–84.