Sir John Macdonell (1 August 1846 – 17 March 1921) was a British jurist. He was

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(1912–1920) and invested as a Knight Commander of the

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. Shaw of Dunfermline gives a prefatory biography in ''Historical Trials''. John Macdonnell married writer and journalist Agnes Harrison in 1873.

Selected publications

* * * ''The Law of Master and Servant'', 1883 * ''

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'' (New Series), 1888 (vols. 1–3) *
1914 edition, Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
* ''Law and Eugenics'', 1916 * ''Historical Trials'' OUP, 1927; republished in 1931, 1933, 1936 as #23 in Thinker's Library

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External links

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Sir John Macdonell, National Portrait Gallery, London
* 1846 births 1921 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Members of the Middle Temple British philosophers of law English legal writers English legal professionals British legal scholars Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath English male non-fiction writers Fellows of the British Academy Knights Bachelor Masters of the High Court (England and Wales) {{UK-law-bio-stub