Frederic William Maitland

1850–1906

Nationality: English

Historical Period: The 19th Century

Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906) was an English jurist and historian who, like Pollock, attended Eton and then Trinity College, Cambridge. Maitland began publishing legal history in 1884 and four years later he was elected to the Downing Chair of the Laws of England. He founded the Selden Society in 1886 and served as its general editor.

• Author: The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland, 3 vols.
• Author: The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland, vol. 1
• Author: The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland, vol. 2
• Author: The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland, vol. 3
• Author: A Historical Sketch of Liberty and Equality LF ed.)
• Author: The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, 2 vols.
• Author: The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, vol. 1
• Author: The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, vol. 2
• Translator: Political Theories of the Middle Ages (1881, 1900)
• Author: Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, vol. 1
• Author: Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, vol. 2
• Author: Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, vol. 3