William Edward Hall
1835–94
Writer and lawyer. BA, Oxford, 1858; MA, 1859. Student at Lincoln’s Inn 1857. Called to the bar, 1861. Inspector of returns under the Elementary Education Act, 1871. Reported to the Board of Trade on oyster fisheries, 1877. Associate member, Institut de Droit, 1875; member, 1882. Wrote important work on international law.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
EB 11th ed., Men-at-the-bar.
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
Men-at-the-bar: Men-at-the-bar: a biographical hand-list of the members of the various inns of court, including Her Majesty’s judges, etc. By Joseph Foster. London: Reeves & Turner. 1885.
