William Lloyd Prosser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Lloyd Prosser

American legal scholar

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1898

Place of Birth: New Albany, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1972

Profession: lawyer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Lloyd Prosser (March 15, 1898 – 1972) was the Dean of the College of Law at UC Berkeley from 1948 to 1961.
Prosser authored several editions of Prosser on Torts, universally recognized as the leading work on the subject of tort law for a generation.
It is still widely used today, now known as Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th edition.
Furthermore, in the 1950s, Dean Prosser became Reporter for the Second Restatement of Torts.