James Gould (jurist)

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James Gould (5 December 1770 Branford, Connecticut – 11 May 1838 Litchfield, Connecticut) was a jurist and an early professor at the Litchfield Law School.

Biography

Richard, his great-grandfather, came from Devonshire to Branford about 1700. James graduated from Yale in 1791, and was a tutor there in 1793–1795. In 1795, he entered the Litchfield Law School. After his admission to the bar, in 1798 he became associated with the law school's founder, Tapping Reeve as professor in that institution. He was raised in 1816 to the office of judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, from which he was displaced in 1818 by the adoption of the new constitution. In 1820, Gould became superintendent of the law school, and after the death of Reeve, in 1823, continued to conduct it until 1833. He published Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions (New York, 1832; new ed. by Franklin F. Heard, Albany, 1887).

His son Edward Sherman Gould was a noted critic, author and translator. Another son, John W. Gould (5 November 1814 – 1838), was also an author who wrote sea tales and sketches until his death at sea.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Gould, James". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19744624 LCCN: n85145468 ISNI: 0000 0000 6305 0356

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Name	Gould, James
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Date of birth	5 December 1770
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Date of death	11 May 1838
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