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Darwin Correspondence Project

Theophilus Parsons

1797–1882

American lawyer. Practised in Massachussetts. Specialised in admiralty, patent, and insurance law. Dane Professor of law, Harvard Law School, 1848–69.

Sources

DAB

WWWA.

Bibliography

DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.

WWWA: Who was who in America. A companion to Who’s Who in America. 9 vols., historical vol., and index. Chicago: A. N. Marquis. 1943–89.

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