William Lederman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian academic
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Place of Birth: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
About William Lederman
- William Ralph Lederman, (January 6, 1916 – July 26, 1992) was a Canadian constitutional scholar and the first dean of Queen's University Faculty of Law. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he received a LL.B.
- from the University of Saskatchewan in 1940.
- He was a Rhodes Scholar and a Vinerian Scholar where he received a B.C.L.
- From 1949 to 1958 he taught at Dalhousie University.
- In 1958, he became the first Dean of the Queen's University Faculty of Law.
- He was in this post until 1968 and continued to teach in the faculty until the 1980s.
- He was constitutional adviser to Ontario Premier John Robarts between 1965 and 1971.In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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