R. A. E. Greenshields

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Robert Alfred Ernest Greenshields, né le 2 février 1861 à Danville dans la région de l'Estrie et mort le 28 septembre 1942, est un juriste canadien. Il fit ses études de droit à l'Université McGill à Montréal d'où il sortit diplômé en 1885. Admis au Barreau de la province de Québec la même année, il pratiqua le droit à Montréal pendant une quinzaine d'années avant d'être nommé juge puîné à la Cour supérieure du Québec. Il en fut le juge en chef de 1933 jusqu'à son décès survenu en 1942 à l'âge de 81 ans. * Portail du Canada * Portail du droit * Portail du Québec rdf:langString
Robert Alfred Ernest Greenshields KC (February 2, 1861 – September 28, 1942) was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec; Dean of the Faculty of Law at McGill University and 9th Chancellor of Bishop's University. Greenshields was born at Danville, Canada East, the youngest son of Scottish-born parents John Greenshields (1823–1901), farmer and mill owner of Danville, and Margaret Naismith. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Robert Alfred Ernest Greenshields, né le 2 février 1861 à Danville dans la région de l'Estrie et mort le 28 septembre 1942, est un juriste canadien. Il fit ses études de droit à l'Université McGill à Montréal d'où il sortit diplômé en 1885. Admis au Barreau de la province de Québec la même année, il pratiqua le droit à Montréal pendant une quinzaine d'années avant d'être nommé juge puîné à la Cour supérieure du Québec. Il en fut le juge en chef de 1933 jusqu'à son décès survenu en 1942 à l'âge de 81 ans. * Portail du Canada * Portail du droit * Portail du Québec
rdf:langString Robert Alfred Ernest Greenshields KC (February 2, 1861 – September 28, 1942) was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec; Dean of the Faculty of Law at McGill University and 9th Chancellor of Bishop's University. Greenshields was born at Danville, Canada East, the youngest son of Scottish-born parents John Greenshields (1823–1901), farmer and mill owner of Danville, and Margaret Naismith. Educated at Danville Academy, he graduated from in Arts from McGill University, 1883, and in civil law in 1885. Greenshields established a legal practice in Montreal with his elder brother, (1853–1937) who had served as a member of the legal defence team in the trial of Louis Riel. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1899. In 1910, he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec, becoming Chief Justice in 1929. At McGill, Greenshields became Associate Professor of Criminal Law in 1915, and full Professor in 1920. From 1923 until 1927 he served as Dean of the Faculty of Law, and retired in 1929 as Emeritus Professor. In 1932, he succeeded Frederick Edmund Meredith as Chancellor of Bishop's University, a position he held until his death in 1942. In 1890, he married Maude Adelaide Gooderham (1868–1952), daughter of Robert Turner Gooderham (1841–1913), of Toronto. They lived in Montreal's Golden Square Mile at 3465 Simpson Street and kept a summer property at St. Andrews, New Brunswick. They were the parents of one daughter. After Greenshields' death, his wife endowed the Chief Justice R.A.E. Greenshields Memorial Scholarship for law students at McGill University.
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