Henry Campbell Black

Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary first published in 1891.

Born in Ossining, New York, went to school at Trinity College in Connecticut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1880, a master’s degree in 1887, and an Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 1916. "Early Law Dictionaries of the United States". Retrieved August 17, 2024. He was also the editor of The Constitutional Review from 1917 until his death in 1927.

Books

• Black, Henry Campbell (1895). Handbook of American Constitutional Law. West. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
• Black, Henry Campbell (1891). A Dictionary of Law: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, and Commercial Law : with a Collection of Legal Maxims and Numerous Select Titles from the Civil Law and Other Foreign Systems. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9780963010605. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  • 1910 edition free e-book Black, Henry Campbell (1910). A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : and Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations. West Publishing Company. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

Sources

• Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History, Volume 1, 1897-1942 (Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943), page 100

External links

• Works by or about Henry Campbell Black at the Internet Archive