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Harris Harding Bligh

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Harris Harding Bligh
Harris Harding Bligh circa 1895
BornApril 14, 1842 Edit this on Wikidata
Cornwallis Park Edit this on Wikidata
DiedAugust 22, 1918 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76)
Ottawa Edit this on Wikidata
EducationAcadia University (BA, MA, DCL)

Harris Harding Bligh (April 14, 1842 – August 22, 1918) was a Canadian lawyer and librarian.

Harris Harding Bligh was born on April 14, 1842, in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (now known as Cornwallis Park).[1] He received a BA in 1864, an MA in 1867, and a doctorate of civil law in 1897, all from Acadia University.[2] He was called to the bar of Nova Scotia in 1868 and practised law in Halifax and Antigonish County.[3] He was created a queen's counsel in 1884.[3]

Bligh became the librarian of the Supreme Court of Canada in March 1892.[3] Before and during his appointment as the court's librarian, he prepared several reference works and indexes on federal and provincial statutes.[2]

He died on August 22, 1918, in Ottawa.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wallace, W. Stewart (1935). The Encyclopedia of Canada. Toronto: University Associates of Canada. pp. 245–246. OCLC 1148950674.
  2. ^ a b Wallace, W. Stewart (1963). The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography. London: Macmillan Publishers. pp. 63–64. OCLC 1036685523.
  3. ^ a b c Cochrane, William; Hopkins, J. Castell (1895). The Canadian Album. Vol. 4. Brantford, Ontario: Bradley, Garretson & Co. p. 409. OCLC 848316458. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Harris Harding Bligh, Eminent Lawyer, Dead". The Leader-Post. August 23, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.