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AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

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AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

AMOS, See also:
SHELDON, CHARLES MONROE (1857- )
SHELDON, GILBERT (1598-1677)
SHELDON (1835–1886) , See also:

ENGLISH

English jurist, was educated at See also:

Clare See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

Cambridge, and was called to the See also:

bar as a member of the See also:

MIDDLE

Middle See also:

Temple in 1862. In 1869 he was appointed to the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

jurisprudence in University College, See also:

LONDON

London, and in 1872 became reader under the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of legal See also:

EDUCATION

education and examiner in constitutional See also:

law and See also:

HISTORY

history to the university of London. Failing See also:

HEALTH

health led to his resignation of those offices, and he took a voyage to the See also:

South Seas. He resided for a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time at See also:

SYDNEY

Sydney, and finally settled in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, where he practised as an See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate. After the See also:

BOMBARDMENT

bombardment of See also:

Alexandria, and the reorganization of the See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian judicature, he was appointed See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal, but being without any previous experience of administrative See also:

WORK

work he found the See also:

STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain too See also:

GREAT

great for his health. He came to See also:

England on leave in the autumn of 1885, and on his return to Egypt he died suddenly at Alexandria on the 3rd of See also:

JANUARY

January 1886. His See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal publications are: Systematic View of the See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science of Jurisprudence (1872); Lectures on See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Law (1873); Science of Law (1874); Science of Politics (1883) ; History and Principles of the See also:

CIVIL

Civil Law of 'See also:

Rome as Aid to the Study of Scientific and See also:

COMPARATIVE

Comparative Jurisprudence (1883), and numerous See also:

PAMPHLETS

pamphlets. His wife, Mrs Sheldon Amos (Sarah Maclardie See also:

Bunting), took a prominent See also:

PART

part in Liberal See also:

NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist politics and in movements connected with the position of See also:

WOMEN

women. She died at See also:

Cairo on the 21st of January 1908.

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