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Thayer (JAMES BRADLEY an American)

JAMES BRADLEY, an American educator; born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 15, 1831; was graduated at Harvard College in 1852 and at its law school in 1856; admitted to the bar in Boston the same year and practiced there till 1873, when he became Royall professor of law at Harvard University.

Professor Thayer was the author of many well-known law books. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 14, 1902. an