Thomas Beven (1855? – 16 January 1911) was a British lawyer and legal scholar.[1] He wrote several legal treatises.
A 1885 biographical directory states that Thomas Beven was born in 1855,[2] but as his obituary states he died aged 59, this is likely incorrect.[1] He attended King's College London and The Queen's College, Oxford.[1] He began his articles at the Inner Temple on 6 November 1871 and was called to the bar on 7 June 1875.[2]
Beven's treatise on negligence went through four editions: 1889, 1895, 1908, and one posthumous edition in 1929.[3] A 1911 work on employers' liability noted that Beven's treatise on negligence was "a standard authority at the English bar for many years".[4]
Beven died on 16 January 1911 at his home in Hackney, London, aged 59.[1] His will was proved in the Chancery Division in 1914. The presiding judge, noting that Beven had written a treatise on negligence, suggested that Beven may well have been negligent in writing his own will.[5]
Publications
edit- Principles of the Law of Negligence. London: Stevens and Haynes. 1859.[6] (2d edition, 1895; 3d edition, 1908[7][8])
- The Law of Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation (4th ed.). London: Stevens and Haynes. 1909.[9]
- The House of Lords on the Law of Trespass to Realty and Children as Trespassers. London: Stevens and Haynes. 1909.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Mr. Thomas Beven". The Times. No. 39486. 19 January 1911. Gale CS186055731.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-Bar (2d ed.). London; Aylesbury: Hazel Watson & Viney Ltd. p. 36.
- ^ W., P. H. (1929). Cambridge Law Journal. 3 (3): 480–481. ISSN 0008-1973. JSTOR 4515421.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Schwedtman, Ferd C.; Emery, James A. (1911). Accident Prevention and Relief. New York: National Association of Manufacturers of the United States of America. p. 207.
- ^ "Lawyer's Doubtful Will". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. No. 17877. 21 February 1914. Gale GR3217320583.
- ^ "Legal Treatises". Glasgow Herald. No. 38. 13 February 1890. p. 4. Gale BC3203754450.
- ^ B., F. M. (May 1908). Harvard Law Review. 21 (7): 552. doi:10.2307/1325365.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ B., R. W. (June 1908). University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register. 56 (6): 414. doi:10.2307/3313091. JSTOR 3313091.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ B., F. M. (January 1910). Harvard Law Review. 23 (3): 237. doi:10.2307/1324266. hdl:2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t2f76xh99. JSTOR 1324266.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ B., F. M. (April 1910). Harvard Law Review. 23 (6): 491–492. doi:10.2307/1325401.
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