Background
Wilson, George Grafton was born on March 29, 1863 in Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Archibald A. and Betsey L. (Brown) Wilson.
Wilson, George Grafton was born on March 29, 1863 in Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Archibald A. and Betsey L. (Brown) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1886, A.M., 1888, Doctor of Philosophy, 1889, Doctor of Laws, 1911. Doctor of Laws, University Vermont, 1911, U. Hawaii, 1937. Studied at Heidelberg, Berlin, Paris and Oxford, 1890-1891.
Principal schools, Groton, Connecticut, 1886-1887, high school, Rutland, Vermont, 1889-1890. Associate professor social and political science Brown U., 1891-1894, professor, 1894-1910. Professor international law Harvard, 1910-1936, now emeritus, lecturer international law, 1907-1910.
Professor international law, United States Naval War College, 1900-1937. Professor international law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, since 1933. Special counsel, United States Maritime Commission, since 1941.
Lecturer international law U. Hawaii, 2d semester, 1937. American delegate plenipotentiary International Naval Conference, 1908-1909. Counselor American Legation, The Hague, early period of war, 1914.
Exchange professor to France, 1912-1913. Lecture, Academie de Droit International, The Hague, 1923. American member International Commission, United States and Netherlands, 1928.
Designated by Nicaragua, member International Central American Tribunal, 1928.
Member International Commission, United States and Netherlands, 1928. Member of the board editors American Journal International Law, since 1907, Law editor in chief 1924-1943, honorary editor in chief, since 1943. Member American Political Science Association, American Philosophical Society, Delta Phi.
Clubs: Faculty (Cambridge).
Married Elizabeth Rose, June 30, 1891. Children: Grafton Lee, Miriam (Mistress Paul Harrison Arthur), Rose (Mistress Harry Gray Anderson), Bayton Fuller (deceased).