Richard Cockburn Maclaurin: 1870–1920
In Vincent O'Sullivan (ed) Eminent Victorians (Stout Research Centre, Wellington, 2000) 49
Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper Forthcoming
12 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2022
Date Written: 2000
Abstract
A lecture delivered as part of the Stout Research Centre's Eminent Victorians series. The series celebrates the contribution of a number of Victoria University of Wellington's distinguished scholars and gifted teachers of the past hundred years. In this lecture, Sir Ken Keith provides an insight into the work and legacy of Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, Victoria's first Dean of Law, first chairman of the Professorial Board, first Professor of Mathematics, and first and only Professor of Astronomy.
Keywords: legal education, legal teaching, public power, science and technology
JEL Classification: K00
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