List of centenarians (jurists and practitioners of law)
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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as jurists and practitioners of law – known for reasons other than their longevity
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Longevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....
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| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson Salter Blowers Sampson Salter Blowers Sampson Salter Blowers was a noted North American lawyer and jurist.He was born in Boston, the son of John Blowers and Sarah Salter, but was raised by his maternal grandfather, Sampson Salter, after the death of his parents. He was educated in Boston and at Harvard College, then went on to study law... |
1742–1842 | 100 | Canadian defence attorney representing the soldiers accused after the Boston Massacre Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre, called the Boston Riot by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support... |
| William Augustus Bootle William Augustus Bootle William Augustus Bootle was an American attorney and jurist noted for helping oversee desegregation in the Southern United States.-Early life and education:... |
1902–2005 | 102 | American attorney and jurist |
| Wesley E. Brown | 1907 – | American district court judge | |
| Joseph Burke Joseph Burke (judge) Joseph Burke was the longest-tenured judge in the history of the Illinois Appellate Court.Judge Burke was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland in 1888, son of Patrick Burke... |
1888–1990 | 101 | American judge |
| Melville Henry Cane Melville Henry Cane Melville Henry Cane was an American poet and lawyer. As a Columbia University student Cane worked as a reporter at the New York Evening Post and also wrote [poetry]... |
1879–1980 | 100 | American lawyer and poet |
| Arnold Wilson Cowen Arnold Wilson Cowen Arnold Wilson Cowen , also known as Wilson Cowen, was successively a trial commissioner, a trial judge, and the chief judge of the appellate division of the United States Court of Claims... |
1905–2007 | 101 | American lawyer and judge Judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open... |
| Thomas Simpson Crawford Thomas Simpson Crawford Thomas Simpson Crawford QC, was an Australian politician and New South Wales Senior Crown Prosecutor.Born and raised in Bulli, New South Wales, the son of a miner, Crawford left school at age 14 to work first as a clerk in the New South Wales railways department and later as a telegraph operator... |
1875–1976 | 100 | Australian lawyer and politician |
| Tom Denning, Baron Denning | 1899–1999 | 100 | English Master of the Rolls Master of the Rolls The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal... |
| Edgar Fay Edgar Fay Edgar Stewart Fay QC was a British judge. He was the son of Sir Sam Fay, General Manager of the Great Central Railway and was educated at McGill University, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He conducted inquiries into the collapse of the Crown Agents and the Munich air crash.- Extensor links:*... |
1908–2009 | 101 | British judge |
| Samuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr. | 1910–2011 | 100 | American counsel Counsel A counsel or a counselor gives advice, more particularly in legal matters.-U.K. and Ireland:The legal system in England uses the term counsel as an approximate synonym for a barrister-at-law, and may apply it to mean either a single person who pleads a cause, or collectively, the body of barristers... |
| Nico Gunzburg Nico Gunzburg Nico Gunzburg was a Belgian lawyer and criminologist. In 1885, his parents fled from Latvia and settled in Antwerp, Belgium.-Education:... |
1882–1984 | 101 | Belgian lawyer and criminologist Criminology Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society... |
| Trevor Henry Trevor Henry Sir Trevor Ernest Henry was a New Zealand justice and member of the well known Henry family.Henry was born in Thames in 1902 and was the son of John and Edith Henry. He was the eldest of the three sons who include Jack Henry and Clive Henry... |
1902–2007 | 105 | New Zealand justice on the Supreme Court of New Zealand Supreme Court of New Zealand The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court and the court of last resort in New Zealand, having formally come into existence on 1 January 2004. The court sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, based in London... |
| Oliver Hill Oliver Hill Oliver White Hill, Sr. was a civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia. His work against racial discrimination helped end the doctrine of "separate but equal." He also helped win landmark legal decisions involving equality in pay for black teachers, access to school buses, voting rights, jury... |
1907–2007 | 100 | American lawyer and civil rights activist |
| Alan King-Hamilton Alan King-Hamilton Myer Alan Barry King-Hamilton QC was a British barrister and judge who was best known for hearing numerous high-profile cases at the Old Bailey during the 1960s and 1970s... |
1904–2010 | 105 | British judge |
| Rush Limbaugh, Sr. Rush Limbaugh, Sr. Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. was an American jurist, legislator, and ambassador. His legal career spanned just under eighty years and he argued cases before the Missouri Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service Appellate Division, Interstate Commerce Commission, and National Labor Relations... |
1891–1996 | 104 | American jurist, grandfather of Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United... |
| Ludwig Martin Ludwig Martin Markus Ludwig Martin was a German lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Germany from 7 April 1963 until 30 April 1974.... |
1909–2010 | 100 | German lawyer and Attorney General Attorney General of Germany The Attorney General of Germany is the federal prosecutor of Germany, representing the federal government at the Bundesgerichtshof, the federal court of justice. The office of the Attorney General is located in Karlsruhe. Besides its role in appellate cases, the Attorney General has primary... |
| Harold Medina Harold Medina Harold Raymond Medina, Sr. was an American lawyer, teacher and judge who is most noted for hearing landmark cases of conspiracy and treason.Medina died in 1990 at the age of 102.- Early life :... |
1888–1990 | 102 | American lawyer, teacher and judge |
| L. Welch Pogue L. Welch Pogue Lloyd Welch Pogue was a pioneering American aviation attorney and chairman of the now-defunct Civil Aeronautics Board.-Early life and education:... |
1899–2003 | 103 | American aviation attorney |
| Hartley Shawcross Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, GBE, PC, KC was a British barrister and politician and the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal.- Early life :... |
1902–2003 | 101 | Lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany.... |
| Marion Yorck von Wartenburg Marion Yorck von Wartenburg Marion Gräfin Yorck von Wartenburg was a German jurist and judge. She was a resistance fighter against the Nazis and member of the Kreisau Circle.Yorck was born Marion Winter in Berlin, Province of Brandenburg... |
1904–2007 | 102 | German jurist, judge and World War II resistance fighter |
| Samuel Williston Samuel Williston Samuel Williston was an American lawyer and law professor.Early in Williston's career, from 1888 to 1889 he worked as the private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. In the summer of 1889, he helped to collate laws from various U.S... |
1861–1963 | 101 | American lawyer and law professor |
| Joseph William Woodrough Joseph William Woodrough Joseph William Woodrough was a United States federal judge, and was one of the longest-lived and longest-serving judges in the history of the United States judiciary.... |
1873–1977 | 104 | Longest-lived and longest-serving American judge |