Project Gutenberg 2015-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 669 Fisher, H. A. L. (Herbert Albert Laurens) 1865 1940 Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens Frederick William Maitland, Downing Professor of the Laws of England A Biographical Sketch E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing, Clarity, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (https://archive.org/details/toronto) "Frederick William Maitland: A Biographical Sketch" by H. A. L. Fisher is a biographical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the life and contributions of Frederick William Maitland, a prominent legal historian and professor at Cambridge, emphasizing his remarkable intellectual achievements within the realm of English legal history. The opening of this memoir outlines the significance of Maitland’s life and academic pursuits, introducing readers to his background, family lineage, and education. It details his early life in London, his time at Eton, and his transition to Cambridge, where his profound interest in law and history began to flourish. The narrative portrays Maitland as a modest yet brilliant scholar whose tenure at various academic institutions provided a fertile ground for his groundbreaking contributions to legal history, rendering him an influential figure whose legacy would resonate through the annals of English scholarship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Maitland, Frederic William, 1850-1906 KD Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: Law & Criminology 351086 2025-07-20T06:37:29.829435 text/html 332203 2024-10-22T23:13:29 text/html 417136 2025-07-20T06:37:35.423394 application/epub+zip 414899 2025-07-20T06:37:30.819385 application/epub+zip 181630 2025-07-20T06:37:30.323410 application/epub+zip 510001 2025-07-20T06:37:38.853393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489707 2025-07-20T06:37:34.874371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257654 2022-09-22T16:29:09.996086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304124 2025-07-20T06:37:29.274478 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283990 2024-10-22T23:13:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16942 2025-07-20T06:37:38.983343 application/rdf+xml 6691 2025-07-20T06:37:30.399405 image/jpeg 1232 2025-07-20T06:37:30.361399 image/jpeg 378565 2025-07-20T06:37:29.868381 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia