Samuel Parsons Scott, American lawyer, author Member Comparative Law bureau of America Bar Association and editor of its Spanish department 20 years.
Background
He was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, where he received a classics-based education at the Hillsboro Academy. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Miami University of Ohio in 1868 and his Master of Arts degree from the same institution the following year.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Miami (valedictorian, youngest in his class), 1866, Master of Arts, 1887.
Career
Scott was licensed to practice law in 1868 and was an attorney for several years in Leavenworth, Kansas and in San Francisco, but he left the practice of law in 1875 to return to Hillsboro and the family banking business. Late in his life, he served for many years on the editorial staff of the American Bar Association"s Comparate Law Bureau. Late in life, Scott became reclusive—probably due to the controversy surrounding the voluntary liquidation of his bank and a desire to spend more time writing.
When he died of pneumonia in 1929, at age 83, he left his 8,000 volume library and most of his large estate to the Jefferson Medical College to endow a library.
This is now the Scott Memorial Library at Thomas Jefferson University. "Las Siete Partidas" in particular has stood-up well to the test of time.
Achievements
Membership
Member Comparative Law bureau of America Bar Association and editor of its Spanish department 20 years.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Woodbridge Smart, October 10, 1895.