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Graves, Charles A. (Charles Alfred)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1850 - 1928

Biography

M.A., 1869, LL.B., 1873, (LL.D., 1911), W&L; LL.D., Davidson College, 1894. Assistant professor English and modern languages, W&L, 1869-73; resident master, W&L, 1869-71; assistant professor of law, W&L, 1873; adjunct professor of law and equity, W&L, 1874; professor common and statute law (and equity juresprudence), W&L, 1875-1899; dean of school of law, W&L, 1897-99. Professor of law, UVA, 1899-1927. See Who's Who, 1928-29; Trustees' Papers; Crenshaw, II, 501-507; Legal Education in Virginia, 252-63.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anderson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0001
Scope and Contents This collection contains items of the Anderson and Alexander families including correspondence dealing with legal business, family matters, and Lexington, Virginia affairs. Consists largely of the family correspondence of William Alexander Anderson, Francis T. Anderson, and Mary Anne Alexander Anderson; includes letters to and from Virginia Governor John Letcher, and two letters from Mildred Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. Other correspondents include William A. Glasgow, George Hutcheson...
Dates: 1755 - 1958

Charles A. Graves Academic Certificate

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0657
Content Description

A single parchment academic certificate signifying completion in the course of Latin for Washington College student Charles A. Graves, dated June 1868, and signed by Professor C.J. Harris and Washington College president Robert E. Lee.

Dates: 1868-06-18

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