Arnold Duncan McNair, later Baron McNair, was a British legal scholar who lived from 4 March 1885 to 22 May 1975, born in Highbury Fields, London and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1917, held academic posts at Cambridge, the University of London and the University of Calcutta, served as Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University from 1937 to 1945, and was appointed Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge in 1935. He was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice in 1946 and served as its President from 1952 to 1955, then became the first President of the newly created European Court of Human Rights from 1959 to 1965; he was knighted and made a King's Counsel in 1943 and raised to the peerage as Baron McNair in 1955.
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The eldest son of John McNair and Jeannie Ballantyne; his mother was a teacher and his father a member of Lloyd's.
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However, he left the chair in 1937 to become Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University where he remained until 1945. when he returned to Cambridge to take up the position of professor of comparative law.
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Arnold Duncan McNair, 1st Baron McNair (4 March 1885-22 May 1975) was a British jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice and later the first president of the European Court of Human Rights.
Member Of: European Court of Human Rights, Lead section
Arnold Duncan McNair, 1st Baron McNair (4 March 1885-22 May 1975) was a British jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice and later the first president of the European Court of Human Rights.
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occupation/position claim resolves to: Judge and Politician
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P569 (date of birth): 1885
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P569 (date of birth): 1885-03-04
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P570 (date of death): 1975
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P570 (date of death): 1975-05-22
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P19 (place of birth): London
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P20 (place of death): Cambridge
- In Legal System: English Law, Arnold Duncan McNair, later Baron McNair, was a British legal scholar who lived from 4 March 1885 to 22 May 1975, born in Highbury Fields, London and educated at Gonville and Caius College,
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Arnold Duncan McNair, 1st Baron McNair was a British jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice and later the first president of the European Court of Human Rights.
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