NameJudge Joshua Holyoke WARD
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Birth8 Jul 1808
Death5 Jun 1848
Notes for Judge Joshua Holyoke WARD
• Graduated from Harvard College with A.S 1829; A.M (Master) 1832
• Studied Law at Leverett Saltonstall in Salem; LL.B 1830
• Admitted to Essex Bar in 1832
• Appointed Associate in 1844, Judge of the Common Pleas Court
• 1745, "for the advancement of useful and polite literature among the Residents as well graduates as undergraduates of the University; the premiums to be paid in such way and manner as shall be best adapted to excite a spirit of emulation among such Residents." The terms under which the prizes are offered have been changed from time to time; at present they may be conferred for original dissertations in English, Latin, or Greek, or for translations of prescribed passages from English into Latin or Greek.