Ernest Bancroft Conant

Background

Conant, Ernest Bancroft was born on May 21, 1870 in Enfield, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Washington Irving and Fanny Ann (Skinner) Conant.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1895, Bachelor of Laws, 1898.

Career

Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1898, and practiced in Boston until 1903. Lectured on legal subjects, evening school of Boston Y.M.C.U., 1900-1903. Engaged in general practice, Chicago, and professor torts, damages and evidence, Illinois College of Law, January 1-August 1903.

Professor of law and dean, Washburn College School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, 1903-1907. Professor of law, University of Nebraska, 1907-1913, University of the Philippines, Manila, 1913-1917, Washington University, 1917-1935 (emeritus). Professor law, University of Michigan, summer, 1912.

Membership

Member Philippine Library Board. Member of Executive Committee Philippine Amateur Athletic Federal, 1913-1916. Member American Bar Association, Far Eastern Bar Association Delta Phi.

Mason (32 degree).

Connections

Married Alice Widney, of Alpha, Illinois, June 26, 1906.

Father:

Washington Irving Conant

Mother:

Fanny Ann (Skinner) Conant

Spouse:

Alice Widney