Background
Whitman, Edmund Allen was born on June 11, 1860 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Edmund Burke and Lucretia (Clapp) Whitman.
Whitman, Edmund Allen was born on June 11, 1860 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Edmund Burke and Lucretia (Clapp) Whitman.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1881, Master of Arts, 1882, Bachelor of Laws, 1885.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1886, bar of Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1902. Engaged in general practice, but makes specialty of copyright cases.
Member Cambridge Board Overseers of the Public Welfare, 1916-1931. Tr. Gardner State Colony, 1902-1919. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, American Branch International Law Association (president 1930), Phi Beta Kappa.
Liquidator of Austro-Hungarian Bank, 1920. Clubs: Appalachian Mountain (vice president 1903).
Married Florence Josephine Lee, June 27, 1895. Children: Allen L., Frederic B., Mistress Eleanor L. Young (deceased).