William Campbell James Meredith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian lawyer
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About William Campbell James Meredith
- William Campbell James Meredith ((1904-02-06)February 6, 1904 – 1960), often referred to as W.
- C.
- J.
- Meredith, was a Canadian lawyer, the author of three legal books, and Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Law (1950–1960).
- In 1951, he was noted for the prescient hiring of John Cobb Cooper to head up the new department he created, McGill's Institute of Air Space Law.
- Meredith was born in Montreal, Quebec, the only son of Frederick Edmund Meredith and Anne Madeleine VanKoughnet.
- Educated in England at Summer Fields School; Wellington College, Berkshire; and, Trinity College, Cambridge.
- He also studied for a year at the University of Grenoble in France.
- Considered an expert in litigation, he became a senior partner in his father's law firm and was made a King's Counsel in 1942.
- He was selected by the government to be the special federal prosecutor at the trial of Fred Rose.
- He was governor of Selwyn House School and Bishop's University.
- In 1950, John Wilson McConnell, Governor of McGill University, persuaded him to take up the position of Dean at Law at McGill.
- He held this position until his death.
- In 1935, he married Marie-Berthe-Louise-Francoise Martin, daughter of Charles-Édouard Martin and Berthe Brosseau.
- They were the parents of one son, but divorced 14 November 1949.
- Privately, he was an amateur radio enthusiast who enjoyed tennis and skiing and had in his early years been a member of the Montreal Hunt.
- He died in 1960, and is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec.
- The Meredith Memorial Lectures at McGill University are named in his memory.
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