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Charles Warren

チャールズ・ウォーレン

Chāruzu Woren

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1868-03-09 (Boston, Massachusetts)
Died
1954-08-16 (Washington, D.C.) age 86
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Dedham, Massachusetts → Washington, D.C.

Career

Occupations
lawyer, legal scholar, historian
Active Years
1889-1954
Affiliations
Immigration Restriction League
Memberships
American Philosophical Society

Education

Harvard University
Law School
Degree: A.B.
Period: 1885-1889
Year of Graduation: 1889
Country: United States
A.B. degree
Harvard Law School
Law
Degree: A.M.
Period: 1889-1892
Year of Graduation: 1892
Country: United States
A.M. degree
Columbia Law School
Law
Degree: Doctor of Laws (honorary)
Year of Graduation: 1933
Country: United States
Honorary Doctor of Laws

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for History
1923
Work: The Supreme Court in United States History
Organization: Columbia University
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Supreme Court in United States History

1922 History

A three-volume history of the U.S. Supreme Court that won the Pulitzer Prize.

Supreme CourtConstitutionAmerican History

Bibliography

  • History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America (1908)
  • A History of the American Bar (1911)
  • The Supreme Court in United States History (1922)
  • The Supreme Court and Sovereign States (1924)
  • The Making of the Constitution (1928)
  • Congress, the Constitution and the Supreme Court (1925)
  • Congress as Santa Claus (1932)
  • Troubles of a Neutral (1934)
  • Bankruptcy in United States History (1935)
  • Odd Byways in American History (1942)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
EncyclopedicScholarly
Recurring Motifs
Constitutional InterpretationJudicial History

Legacy

Renowned legal historian who won the Pulitzer Prize; honored with stained glass in Washington National Cathedral and a research center at Harvard.

Museums

  • Charles Warren Center Harvard University

Archives

  • Library of Congress
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • Columbia University Oral History Collection

In Popular Culture

  • Stained glass window dedicated in Washington National Cathedral

Trivia

  • Great-great-grandson of Mercy Otis Warren
  • Descended from three Mayflower passengers
  • Co-founder of the Immigration Restriction League