Background
Sherman, Gordon Edward was born on August 11, 1854 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Byron and Julia Antoinette (Burnham) Sherman.
Sherman, Gordon Edward was born on August 11, 1854 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Byron and Julia Antoinette (Burnham) Sherman.
Preparatory education in Switzerland. Bachelor of Philosophy, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1876 (class poet). Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, 1878.
Assistant professor comparative international law, Yale, 1911-1916 (resigned). Delaware from Connecticut International Prison Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 1910. Yale delegate to Conference of Teachers of International Law, Washington, 1914, and to 2d Pan American Scientific Congress, Washington, 1915, delivering address on “Evolution of Public Law”.
Married Harriet Emmons Shelton, June 12, 1894.