John David Ivor Hughes papers
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: John David Ivor Hughes papers
Classmark: MS 428
Creator(s): Hughes, John David Ivor (1885-1969)()
Date(s): 1904-c.1935
Language: English
Size and medium: 28 items in 2 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5179
Description
John David Ivor Hughes was born in Nottingham in 1885. He attended Nottingham High Schooland in 1904 went to Aberystwyth, not formally as an undergraduate to read for a degree, but to attend lectures in law with a view to qualifying as a barrister. He soon moved to London and was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1910; in 1911 he went up to Balliol, a somewhat mature student, and distinguished himself by taking a first in jurisprudence in 1914. He then read for a BCL, which he took in 1915, and was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship. During the First World War he served with a Friends' Ambulance Unit and in 1919 he was appointed professor of law at Leeds, where he remained until his retirement in 1951. He died in 1969.
This collection of papers mainly comprises notebooks which he kept as a student at Aberystwyth and at Oxford. They include notes from lectures given by Professor W J Brown at Aberystwyth and by Professor Henry Goudy and Professor Paul Vinogradoff at Oxford. The greater part of the material is on aspects of Roman law.
These papers were transferred to the Manuscripts Department from elsewhere in the Library in
1978.
Biography or history
John David Ivor Hughes was born in Nottingham in 1885. He attended Nottingham High School and in 1904 went to Aberystwyth to attend lectures in law with a view to qualifying as a barrister. He soon moved to London and was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1910. In 1911 he went up to Balliol and took a first in law in 1914. He then read for a B.C.L., which he took in 1915, and was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship. During the First World War he served with a Friends' Ambulance Unit and in 1919 was appointed Professor of Law at Leeds, where he remained until his retirement in 1951. He died in 1969.
System of arrangement
The MS 428 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1978. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. 1. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
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