History of Lisbon, (Grafton County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Harry Burns Hutchins, educator, was born in Lisbon: N.H., April 8, 1847; son of Carleton B. and Nancy W. (Merrill) Hutchins, and grandson of Mitchell and Mary (Clements) Hutchins and of Ebin and Elizabeth (Walker) Merrill. He was graduated at the University of Michigan, Ph.B., in 1871; was school superintendent, 1871-72; instructor in history and rhetoric at the University of Michigan, 1872-73, and assistant professor of rhetoric and history, 1873-76. He was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practised law in Mount Clemens and Detroit, Mich., 1876-84. He then returned to Ann Arbor, where he was Jay professor of law in the University of Michigan, 1884-87, and continued the practice of law. In 1887 he resigned his professorship to accept the position of secretary of the law school connected with Cornell university, of which department he was the principal organizer. This position made him practically dean of the school, and in 1892 he was named as associate dean. Under his direction the school increased from 55 to 225 students. He returned to Ann Arbor in October, 1895, to become dean of the department of law in the University of Michigan. When President Angell accepted the appointment as U.S. minister to Turkey in 1897, Dean Hutchins was made acting president of the university. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1897. He revised and annotated under an appointment from the Michigan supreme court Vols. XXX., XXXI., XXXII. and XXXIII, Supreme Court Reports (1882-84): edited an edition of Williams on Real Property, and is the author of numerous contributions to legal periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Lisbon, (Grafton County) New Hampshire

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