William Edward Hall (1835–94)

Writer and lawyer. BA, Oxford, 1858; MA, 1859. Student at Lincoln’s Inn 1857. Called to the bar, 1861. Inspector of returns under the Elementary Education Act, 1871. Reported to the Board of Trade on oyster fisheries, 1877. Associate member, Institut de Droit, 1875; member, 1882. Wrote important work on international law.