William Cornish#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2091 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2001 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
William Cornish passed away January 8, 2022.
Positions Held
- 1995 - 2004 Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law
- 1990 Professor of Law, University of Cambridge and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- 1970 Professor of English Law, London School of Economics
- 1968 Reader, Queen Mary College, University of London
- 1962 Lecturer, London School of Economics
- 1996 LLD, University of Cambridge
- 1962 BCL, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Modern legal history
- Intellectual property law
Honours and Awards
- 1984 Fellow of the British Academy
- 1997 Honorary Queen's Counsel
- 1997 Master of the Bench, Gray's Inn, London
- 1997 Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics (LSE)
- 1998 Bencher of Gray's Inn
- 2013 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2013 Birthday Honours
