Background
Anderson, James Norman Dalrymple was born on September 29, 1908 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Son of William Anderson and Lilian Cohen.
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James Norman Dalrymple Anderson
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Education
Saint Lawrence College, Trinity College, Cambridge (Senior Scholar).
Career
Lecturer in Islamic Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1947. Reader in Oriental Laws, University of London 1951. Professor, of Oriental Laws University of London 1953-1975, Professor Emeritus since 1975.
Head of Department, of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies 1953-1971.
Lecturer in Mohammedan Law, Council of Legal Education 1953-1971. Visiting Professor, Princeton University and New York University Law School 1958, Harvard Law School 1966.
Chairman United Kingdom National Commission, of Comparative Law 1957-1959. Director Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London 1959-1976.
Dean, Faculty of Law, University of London 1965-1969.
President Society of Public Teachers of Law 1969-1970. Chairman House of Laity, General Synod of Church of England 1970-1979. President Institute African Law Association.
Membership
Panel of Advisory Jurists to Northern Nigerian Government 1958, 1962. Institute Committee of Comparative Law 1963-1967.
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Married Patricia Hope Givan in 1933.
