A. E. Richards.
Title
A. E . Richards .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
Adolphus E . Richards was born in Virginia in 1844 . His education was interrupted by the Civil War , he served in the Confederate Army , where he rose to the rank of major before his twenty-first birthday . At the war's end , he returned to school , attending the University of Virginia for two years , then completing his education at the University of Louisville . In 1868 , he was admitted to the bar , opening a practice in Louisville . In 1882 , he was elected for a four-year term on judge of the superior court . Richards did not seek re-election , and instead resumed his long practice as a successful member of the Louisville bar . He died in 1920 and is buried in Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery .
Subject
Lawyers Judges Portraits
People Pictured
Richards, Adolphus E.
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 134 in H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897. In Law Library Rare Book Collection.
Citation Information
Levin, H. The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897.
Collection
Law Library Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/law/
Digital Publisher
Law Library of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
Format
image/jpeg
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