Learned Hand

What a name! I wonder if his parents had his career in mind when they named him - something to live up to?

Learned Hand, in full Billings Learned Hand,

(born Jan. 27, 1872, Albany, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 18, 1961, New York City),

American jurist whose tough and sometimes profound mind, philosophical skepticism, and faith in the United States were employed throughout a record tenure as a federal judge (52 years, from April 10, 1909, until his death).

Although he was never a justice of the Supreme Court, he is generally considered to have been a greater judge than all but a few of those who have sat on the highest U.S. court.


From: Encyclopaedia Britannica