Peter Stein (legal scholar), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter Stein (legal scholar)

British university professor

Date of Birth: 19-May-1926

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Aug-2016

Profession: solicitor, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Peter Stein (legal scholar)

  • Peter Gonville Stein, QC, FBA (29 May 1926 – 7 August 2016) was a British legal scholar.
  • He was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Aberdeen from 1956 to 1968 and Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge from 1968 until his retirement in 1993.Peter Stein studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained his BA in 1949.
  • He obtained his LLB in Cambridge as an external in 1950, and became a solicitor in 1951.
  • He completed a scholarship at the University of Pavia before becoming an Assistant Lecturer in Law in the University of Nottingham, in 1952.
  • He then moved to the University of Aberdeen, where he obtained his PhD, and he was Lecturer (1953-56) and then Professor (1956-1968) in Jurisprudence.Back to Cambridge, Stein was Regius Professor of Civil Law and Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge between 1968 and 1993.
  • He remained Emeritus Professor of Civil Law and Life Fellow of Queens' College until his death in 2016.

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