Tapping Reeve
American lawyer, judge and law educator (1744-1823) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tapping Reeve (October 1, 1744 – December 13, 1823) was an American lawyer, judge, and law educator. In 1784 he opened the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the United States, in Litchfield, Connecticut.[1][2]
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Born | October 1, 1744 |
Died | December 13, 1823(1823-12-13) (aged 79) |
Education | College of New Jersey (AB, 1763; AM, 1766) |
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Spouses | Sarah "Sally" Burr
(m. 1771; died 1797)Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson
(m. 1799) |
Children | Aaron Burr Reeve |
Parent(s) | Abner Reeve Deborah Tapping |
Relatives | Aaron Burr (brother-in-law) Aaron Burr Sr. (father-in-law) |
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