Fred H. Blumeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Friedrich Heinrich Blume (1875–1971), or Fred H. Blume, as he referred to himself, was a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. He was born in Winzlar, Germany, January 9, 1875. He served as a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court for 42 years and by himself translated into English Justinian’s Code and the Novels, two parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis. (See Justinian I for a profile of this Emperor.) The following is a time-line of key points in Mr. Blume’s life.

• 1875 - Born Friedrich Heinrich Blume in Winzlar, Germany on Jan. 9.
• 1887 - Immigrates to the U.S., by himself, to join his elder brother, Wilhelm.
• 1892 - Settles in Audubon, Iowa where he works & completes high school.
• 1895 - Enrolls at the State University of Iowa.
• 1898 - Graduates, Phi Beta Kappa.
• 1899 - Admitted to the practice of law in Iowa.
• 1905 - Moves, with his wife, to practice law in Sheridan, Wyoming.
• 1907 - Begins political career.
• 1912 - Backs Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Moose party; when it fails, decides to retire from politics; begins reading history of Western civilization & building extensive library on the subject.
• 1919 - Learns there is no English translation of Justinian’s Code.
• 1920 - Appears to have begun his Code translation.
• 1921 - Appointed to Wyoming Supreme Court.
• 1923/24 - Completes first draft of translation.
• 1929 - Has revised version typed; teaches Roman law at Northwestern University Law School at the invitation of Dean John Henry Wigmore.
• 1933 - Receives letter from Clyde Pharr asking him to join Pharr’s “Project for a Variorum Translation into English of the Entire Body of Roman Law,” with Blume’s translation of the Code to be used as the basis for the Project’s version of that document.
• 1938 - Addresses Riccobono Seminar on The Code of Justinian, and its Value.
• 1939 - Ceases work on the Code translation as his hopes for publication fade.
• 1943 - Pharr renews contact with Blume & revives scaled-down version of translation program to be called “The Corpus of Roman Law”; Blume re-reads Code translation & annotations, makes changes, & sends copy to Pharr; works with Pharr & others on Theodosian Code translation (for which Blume’s own translation of Books XIV-XVI and part of Book X prove very helpful).
• 1951 - Theodosian Code translation published by Princeton University Press as first volume in “The Corpus of Roman Law” series; Blume specially noted by Pharr in preface.
• 1952 - Reviews Code translation again in anticipation it being the subject of the project’s next publication.
• 1956 - Accepts that his Code translation will not be published in his lifetime.
• 1963 - Retires from the Court.
• 1971 - Fred H. Blume dies on September 26, at age 96.
• 2007 - Blume's Code and Novels published on Annotated Justinian Code website.