Harrison Frederic

Harrison, Frederic (b. 1831), the most prominent advocate of the doctrines of Auguste Comte in England, was born in London, and educated at King's College School and Wadham CoUege, Oxford, of which he became fellow. He was called to the Bar in 1853, and practised in the equity courts, and as a conveyancer, at the same time giving much attention to social and literary questions. He served on the Trades Unions Commission of 1867-9, and as secretary to the Commission for the Digest of the Law (1869-70). In 1877 he was appointed by the Council of Legal Education Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law. Since 1870 he has delivered an annual address to the Positivists at Newton Hall. Many of his contributions to the reviews have been republished, and he is well known as the author of Oliver Cromwell ("Statesmen" Series) and The Choice of Books. He contested London University as a Home Ruler in 1886, but was unsuccessful.