Charles Fried
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Charles Fried | |
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Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
In office September 1995 – June 1999 | |
Appointed by | William Weld |
Preceded by | Joseph Nolan |
Succeeded by | Judith Cowin |
Solicitor General of the United States | |
In office June 1, 1985 – January 20, 1989 Acting: June 1, 1985 – October 23, 1985 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Rex Lee |
Succeeded by | William Bryson (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | April 15, 1935
Died | January 23, 2024 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 88)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Anne Summerscale |
Children | 2 |
Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Oxford (BA) Columbia University (LLB) |
Charles Fried (April 15, 1935 – January 23, 2024)[1] was a Czech-born American jurist and lawyer of Jewish descent.[1] He served as United States Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. He was a professor at Harvard Law School and was a visiting professor at Columbia Law School.
Fried was the author of nine books and over 30 journal articles, and his work appeared in over a dozen collections.
Fried died on January 23, 2024 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 88.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ed, 63rd (1 August 1999). "International Who's Who 2000". Taylor & Francis – via Google Books.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Charles Fried, Former U.S. Solicitor General and Longtime Harvard Law School Professor, Dies at 88 | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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