Sir Maurice Sheldon Amos, K.C.
| Published date | 01 October 1940 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1940.tb02734.x |
| Date | 01 October 1940 |
THE
MODERN
LAW
REVIEW
VOl.
IV
OCTOBER,
I940
No.
2
SIR MAURICE SHELDON
AMOS,
K.C.
HE
death of Sir Maurice
Amos
removes
a
colourful person-
ality
from the legal world. After
a
career of distinction
T
in the Egyptian service, broken by some years of valuable
work
in
the Ministry of Munitions during the war of
1914-1918,
he retired to England, and after
a
short time became Quain Pro-
fessor in the University of London. Here his unusually wide
experience and unconventional approach proved
a
great stimulus
to his colleagues among whom he at once secured an influential
position, being elected Dean of the Faculty comparatively
soon
after his appointment.
It
was through contacts made in the Uni-
versity that he became interested in the project of founding the
MODERN
LAW REVIEW which immediately secured his whole-
hearted support, on the Editorial Board of which he served from
the first, and to which he gave valuable counsel. His passing
makes the
first
gap in our ranks.
Eminent
as
were Sir Maurice’s services to the law, and valu-
able
as
were his literary contributions, particularly his succinct
and lucid study of the British Constitution, and his studies in the
modem civil law,
his
personality overtowered his achievements.
His fine head and rugged features attracted attention in any
company, and this would be retained indefinitely by the wit,
vigour and breadth of his conversation.
No
one who met him could
fail
to take away
a
vivid
recollection
of
the encounter, while those
who had the benefit of
a
more intimate acquaintance will always
treasure fond memories of his rich and exuberant humanity.
R.
S.
T.
C.
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