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Birth Name:

William Campbell James Meredith

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Feb 06, 1904

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Age:

120

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

16°

Aqu

30'

About William Campbell James Meredith

William Campbell James Meredith QC ((1904-02-06)February 6, 1904 – 1960), often referred to as W. C. J. Meredith, was a Canadian lawyer, the author of three legal books, and Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Law (1950–1960). In 1951, he was noted for the prescient hiring of John Cobb Cooper to head up the new department he created, McGill's Institute of Air Space Law. Meredith was born in Montreal, Quebec, the only son of Frederick Edmund Meredith and Anne Madeleine VanKoughnet. Educated in England at Summer Fields School; Wellington College, Berkshire; and, Trinity College, Cambridge. He also studied for a year at the University of Grenoble in France. Considered an expert in litigation, he became a senior partner in his father's law firm and was made a King's Counsel in 1942. He was selected by the government to be the special federal prosecutor at the trial of Fred Rose. He was governor of Selwyn House School and Bishop's University. In 1950, John Wilson McConnell, Governor of McGill University, persuaded him to take up the position of Dean at Law at McGill. He held this position until his death. In 1935, he married Marie-Berthe-Louise-Francoise, daughter of Louis de Lotbiniere-Harwood. They were the parents of one son, but divorced 14 November 1949. Privately, he was an amateur radio enthusiast who enjoyed tennis and skiing and had in his early years been a member of the Montreal Hunt. He died in 1960, and is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec. The Meredith Memorial Lectures at McGill University are named in his memory.

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