Sir John W. Salmond

Sir John William Salmond (1862–1924) was a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar. Born in England and raised in New Zealand, he studied law in London, practiced in New Zealand, and became professor of law at Adelaide and later at Victoria University College in Wellington. His Jurisprudence and his treatise on the law of torts became standard texts throughout the English-speaking world. He served as solicitor-general of New Zealand, drafting much important legislation, was a legal adviser to the New Zealand delegation at the Washington Naval Conference, and was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 1920.