Background
Keener, William Albert was born on March 10, 1856 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry and Isabella Keener.
Keener, William Albert was born on March 10, 1856 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry and Isabella Keener.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory College, Georgia, 1874. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1877. (Doctor of Laws, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1895).
Admitted to New York bar, 1879. Justice Supreme Court of the New York. Assistant professor of law, 1883-1888, Story professor, 1888-1890, Harvard.
Professor of law, 1890-1892, Kent professor of law, 1892-1902, dean Law School, 1891-1901, Columbia. Author: Treatise on Quasi-Contracts. Editor: Cases on Contracts.
Cases on Equity Jurisdiction. Cases on Quasi-Contracts. Cases on Corporations.
Married Frances McLeod Smith, July 16, 1878.