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Lias, W. J. (1868-1941), Professor of Law and County Judge
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1868-1941
History
William John Lias was born in Kensington on 13 March 1868. He attended Haileybury School and came up to Jesus College in 1886 where he received a B. A. in 1889 and an M.A in 1898. He was the Editor of The Cambridge Review in 1890-91. He became Headmaster of Downs School, Clifton in 1893-98; Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1 May 1901; and practised at Liverpool. He served in the Great War, 1914-1919 as Captain of the Lancashire Fusiliers. After the war he became Professor of International Law at Sheffield University between 1924 and 1929; Judge of the County courts for Sheffield in 1922-30 and Plymouth between 1930 and 1940. He died in Torquay on 20 July 1941.