Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Wheaton, Henry

WHEATON, HENRY, an American jurist; born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 27, 1785; was graduated at Brown University, 1802; practiced law in New York, 1812, and edited the &ldquo;National Advocate.&rdquo; He was a reporter of the United States Supreme Court in 1816-1827, and then became chargé d'affaires to Denmark (1827-1835), and in 1835-1846 minister to Berlin. His chief writings are: &ldquo;Digest of Maritime Law&rdquo; (1815); &ldquo;Life of William Pinkney&rdquo; (1826); &ldquo;Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court&rdquo; (12 vols. 1827); &ldquo;History of the Northmen&rdquo; (1831); &ldquo;Elements of International Law&rdquo; (1836); &ldquo;History of the Law of Nations&rdquo; (1841). He died in Dorchester, Mass., March 11, 1848.