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William Draper Lewis
William Draper Lewis (1867–1949) was the first full-time dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1896–1914), and the founding director (1923–1947) of the American Law Institute.
Personal life and education.
William Draper Lewis was reported by the "Pennsylvania Law Review" as being a devout Episcopalian born to Quaker parents, Henry and Fannie Hannah Wilson Lewis, in Philadelphia, in 1867. Lewis was the great-grandson of Simeon Draper, and a descendant of James Draper,
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External links.
- Guide to the Personal Correspondence of William Draper Lewis at the Biddle Law Library Archives
- The William Draper Lewis House, ca. 1892, part of the Awbury Historic District
- "The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law", Roger K. Newman, Yale University Press, 2009, page 336. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- "Pepper And Lewis' New Digest: A Digest Of The Laws Of Pennsylvania From 1700 to 1894 Together With The Constitution Of The Unites States