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Parsons, Theophilus (1797–1882)

US legal scholar. On the faculty of Harvard (1848–69), he was a popular lecturer and wrote several important textbooks including The Law of Contracts (1853–55). He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Parsons, Theophilus (1750–1813)

US judge. He graduated from Harvard in 1769, practiced law in Maine and Massachusetts in the 1770s, and his ideas heavily influenced Massachusetts' Federalist constitution of 1780. His reputation grew steadily, and by the beginning of the 19th century he was considered the leading lawyer in the USA. An important legal scholar, he is given credit for rooting the US legal system in English common law precedents rather than French ones. From 1806 to 1813 he served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. He was born in Byfield, Massachusetts.



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