Rouse Ball Professor of English Law
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The Rouse Ball Professorship of English Law is one of the senior professorships in English Law
at the University of Cambridge
, and was founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician
Rouse Ball
.
English law
English law is the legal system of England and Wales, and is the basis of common law legal systems used in most Commonwealth countries and the United States except Louisiana...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and was founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
Rouse Ball
W. W. Rouse Ball
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Rouse Ball Professors
- Percy Henry Winfield (1928)
- Henry Arthur Hollond (1943)
- Stanley John Bailey (1950)
- Glanville Llewelyn Williams (1968)
- Sir William WadeHenry William Rawson WadeSir William Wade QC, FBA was a British academic lawyer, best known for his work on the law of real property and administrative law.Wade was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge...
(1978) - Sir David WilliamsDavid Glyndwr Tudor WilliamsSir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, QC, DL , was a Barrister and the first full-time Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996....
(1984) - Jack Beatson (1993)
- David FeldmanDavid Feldman (academic)David Feldman is the Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, as well as the author and editor of several books on British law. He was formerly the Acting Director of the Centre of Public Law and since early 2006 has been...
(Downing College) (2004)
See also
- Rouse Ball Professor of MathematicsRouse Ball Professor of MathematicsThe Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics is one of the senior chairs in the Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. The two positions were founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician W. W. Rouse Ball...