Leon Radzinowicz was the founding director of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge.
11 Facts About Leon Radzinowicz
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Leon Radzinowicz studied law as an undergraduate student at the University of Paris and the University of Geneva.
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Leon Radzinowicz went on to study for a doctorate at the University of Cracow.
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Leon Radzinowicz moved to England in 1938, having been granted funding by the Polish Ministry of Justice to study the English legal system.
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From 1949 to 1959, Leon Radzinowicz was Director of the Department of Criminal Science, University of Cambridge.
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Leon Radzinowicz made a major contribution to the study of criminology by his research in the trends of legal thought which led to modern concepts in the administration of justice which were adopted in many of the democratic countries.
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On 29 December 1999, Leon Radzinowicz died in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Leon Radzinowicz is buried with his third wife in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Leon Radzinowicz married Irena Szereszewska in 1933; they divorced in 1955.
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Leon Radzinowicz was married to Mary Ann Nevins from 1958 to 1979.
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Leon Radzinowicz converted to Christianity from Judaism prior to World War II.