10 Facts About Maurice Amos

Maurice Amos returned to Britain, resuming his practice as a barrister, and in 1932 was appointed Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, a position he held for five years.

Maurice Amos was born on 15 June 1872 to Sheldon Maurice Amos, a legal academic, and Sarah Bunting, a political activist and the Lady Superintendent of the Working Women's College.

Maurice Amos was educated by his mother and private tutors in France, Germany and England, until the family travelled to Australia in 1880 due to his father's health problems.

In 1891, Maurice Amos matriculated to Trinity College, Cambridge to study history, before switching to moral sciences following a talk with Bertrand Russell.

Maurice Amos was joint Secretary of the Cambridge University Liberal Club from 1892 to 1894, and one of the people he shared this role with was Russell.

Maurice Amos returned to the Court of Appeal in 1915, but was forced to suspend his work when he was called back to Britain to work for the Ministry of Munitions.

Maurice Amos was awarded the Order of the Nile, Second Class in 1918.

Maurice Amos was promoted to Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile.

Maurice Amos quickly distinguished himself, and was elected Dean of the Faculty of Law soon after his appointment.

Maurice Amos wrote several textbooks and was one of the founders of the Modern Law Review, and the first to die.