HAMSON, Professor Charles John Joseph (1905-1987)

Liber in vinculis or the Mock Turtle's adventure , a meditation on his life and career, with particular reference to the Battle of Crete, 1941, written as a POW in Germany, 1941-1945, and including a short essay on the Battle of Crete, 1941, by Dr Mark Mazower, privately published by Trinity College, Cambridge in 1989.

Born in 1905; educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge; Assistant Lecturer in Law, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1932; Lecturer, 1934; commissioned in Army and detached for service with Special Operations Executive, 1940; sent to Crete to plan clandestine operations and prepare for resistance in event of German invasion, 1940-1941; POW, Germany, 1941-1945; Reader in Comparative Law, 1949; Professor of Comparative Law, 1955-1973, specialising in the comparison of English and French Law; elected Bencher of Grey's Inn, 1956, and Treasurer, 1975; Queen's Counsel, 1975; died in 1987.

1 volume

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Presented to the Centre by Trinity College, Cambridge in 1989.

Date of compilation: Aug 1996

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Date of compilation: Aug 1996

Original manuscript held by Trinity College, Cambridge.