Zechariah Chafee
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1885 – 1957
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Who was Zechariah Chafee?
Zechariah Chafee, Jr. was an American Professor of Law, judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate. Defending freedom of speech, he was described by Senator Joseph McCarthy as "dangerous" to the United States. Legal scholar Richard Primus called Chafee “possibly the most important First Amendment scholar of the first half of the twentieth century.”
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1885
Providence - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- Brown University
- Died
- Feb 8, 1957
Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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