Francis Wayland III

Francis Wayland III (1826 – 1904) graduated at Brown University in 1846, and studied law at Harvard University. He became probate judge in Connecticut in 1864 and was the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1869-1870.^[1] In 1872, he became a professor in the Yale Law School, of which he was dean from 1873 to 1903.^[2]

Two years after his father's death, he and his brother Heman Lincoln authored The Life and Labors of Francis Wayland (2 vols, New York, 1867)

References

1. ^ Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor
2. ^ History of YLS, Yale Law School homepage (21 April 2010).