Derek Hall (legal historian)

George Derek Gordon Hall, FBA (8 November 1924 – 15 September 1975)[1] was President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1969 until his death.

Hall was educated at South Shields High School, Appleby Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford.[2] He served in the RAF from 1943 to 1946. A legal historian, he was a Lecturer in Law at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1948 to 1949; and Fellow and Tutor in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1949 until 1969, after which he served as President of Corpus Christi College.[2] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1975.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ 'Mr Derek Hall' The Times Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1975 Issue 59502 p.16
  2. ^ a b c "Hall, George Derek Gordon". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Academic offices
Preceded by President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1969–1975 		Succeeded by


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