Charles Fraser MacLean, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Fraser MacLean

Judge on the New York Supreme Court

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1841

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1924

Profession: judge, lawyer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Charles Fraser MacLean

  • Charles Fraser MacLean (November 21, 1841 – March 20, 1924) was an American jurist. Born in New Hartford, New York, he began attending Yale University as a junior in 1862.
  • He graduated in 1864 and was a member of Skull and Bones.
  • In 1866, he was the first person to be awarded a PhD in philosophy from an American institution.
  • His dissertation was A Critique of John Stuart Mill's Examination of Hamilton's Philosophy.
  • In 1869 he earned his JUD at the University of Berlin.
  • His dissertation was De Jure Emigrandi.During the Franco-Prussian War, MacLean was a war correspondent for the New York World.
  • He accompanied U.S.
  • military observer General Philip Sheridan and acted as his interpreter.
  • He was one of the first non-combatants to enter Paris following the surrender of the French and witnessed the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • He recounted the Battle of Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III in his "The Surrender of an Emperor", published in The Second Book of the Authors Club: Liber Scriptorum (1921).
  • He also interviewed Otto von Bismarck, Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, Adolphe Thiers, and Léon Gambetta.After a brief stint in St.
  • Petersburg for The Times, he returned to the US to practice law.
  • He entered the law office of Samuel J.
  • Tilden, who was related to his mother, and would practice law in New York City most of the rest of his life.
  • He lectured on law at Columbia University (1873–4) and New York University (1885–97).
  • He served on the Board of Police Commissioners variously as counsel, a member, and president and served in various other city office and boards.
  • He was elected to be a judge on the New York Supreme Court and served for fourteen years (1895–1909).In 1887, he married Marie Mott (1854?–1946), daughter of industrialist Jordan L.
  • Mott.

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