John Erskine Read was a Canadian lawyer, legal academic and civil servant who became the only Canadian judge ever elected to the International Court of Justice, serving on the court from 1946 to 1958. Born on 5 July 1888 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he served as the third dean of Dalhousie Law School from 1924 to 1929 before moving into the Canadian federal civil service. He died on 23 December 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.
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RoleLawyer, civil servant, and the only Canadian judge elected to the International Court of Justice 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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What did John Erskine Read do to protect Princess Margriet's place in the Dutch royal succession?
He devised an extraterritorial space for her birth in 1942 so she was not born on foreign soil.
In 1942, while he was Legal Advisor of the Canadian Department of External Affairs, Read devised a method to create an extraterritorial space for the birth of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. The aim was to make sure she was not born on foreign soil, which would have made her ineligible for the royal succession.
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He completed post-graduate studies at Columbia University before receiving a Rhodes Scholarship.
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John Erskine Read was a Canadian lawyer, legal academic and civil servant who became the only Canadian judge ever elected to the International Court of Justice, serving on the court from 1946 to 1958.
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John Erskine Read, was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and the only Canadian judge elected to the International Court of Justice.
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He received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College, Oxford.
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John Erskine Read, (July 5, 1888, December 23, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and the only Canadian judge elected to the International Court of Justice.
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Wikidata Q1226257, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1888
Wikidata Q1226257, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1888-07-05
Wikidata Q1226257, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1973
Wikidata Q1226257, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1973-12-23
Wikidata Q1226257, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Halifax
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P20 (place of death): Toronto
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