The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbott, Nathan

ABBOTT, Nathan, American jurist and educator, son of Abiel Abbott: b. Norridgewock, Me., 11 July 1854. He was graduated from Yale College in 1877, then studied law in Boston University. For some years he applied himself to his private law practice in Boston, after which he became Tappan Professor of Law in the University of Michigan. In 1893 he was appointed professor of law in Northwestern University. In 1895 he became professor of law and Dean of the Law School at Leland Stanford University. After holding this position for 12 years he became, in 1907, professor of law at Columbia University, New York city. He is recognized as one of the leading authorities on the English and American law of real property.