Rupert Cross

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Sir Alfred Rupert Neale Cross (15 June 1912 in Chelsea, London – 12 September 1980, Oxford) was a prominent English lawyer and academic. He was Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

He was also completely blind from the age of 1, as a result of cancer of the eyes, and, before his distinguished legal career, was already well known as a chess player. As an undergraduate at Worcester College, Oxford, he represented Oxford University four times (1931–34) on the top board in the prestigious annual Varsity chess match against Cambridge University. He played several times in the top section of the British Chess Championship in the 1930s (for which only an elite group of twelve players qualified).

Works

His best-known work is probably Cross on Evidence, first published in 1959. In 1976 Cross published Statutory Interpretation. This book has been sufficiently well regarded that two posthumous editions have been produced, under the editorship of John Bell and George Engle. In recognition of Cross's great prestige, his name has remained in the predominant spot on the title page.

External links

Braillechess.org: full account of Cross's chess and legal careers

Academic offices
Preceded by Harold Hanbury	Vinerian Professor of English Law 1964–1979	Succeeded by Guenter Treitel

Authority control	VIAF: 44359238 ISNI: 0000 0001 1059 7881 GND: 134195639 BNF: cb122793514

Persondata
Name	Cross, Rupert
Alternative names
Short description	British chess player
Date of birth	15 June 1912
Place of birth
Date of death	12 September 1980
Place of death

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