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}} Andrew Dewar Gibb MBE KC (13 February 1888 – 24 January 1974) was a Scottish advocate, barrister, professor and politician. He taught law at Edinburgh and Cambridge, and was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow 1934–1958.〔() Ewen A. Cameron, 'Gibb, Andrew Dewar (1888–1974)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2009; online edn, Sept 2010〕 Gibb was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1936 to 1940. ==Early life and career== Born in Paisley, the son of William Fletcher Gibb, a doctor, Gibb was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with an MA in 1910 and an LLB in 1913.〔 Following graduation, Gibb became a member of the Scottish bar in 1914. During World War I he served in France with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, achieving the rank of Major. He also served as an adjutant to Winston Churchill during the short period in 1916 when Churchill was the battalion's commanding officer.〔Jenkins, Churchill, MacMillan, 2001, p.301〕 Gibb became a member of the English bar in 1917 and practised as a barrister in England. In 1929 he was appointed as lecturer in English law at the University of Edinburgh, and from 1931 to 1934 he was lecturer in Scots law at the University of Cambridge.〔 In 1934, Gibb was appointed Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, and from 1937 to 1939 and 1945 to 1947 was Dean of the University's Law Faculty.〔(The University of Glasgow Story: Andrew Dewar Gibb ), University of Glasgow〕 As a legal scholar he edited a range of works, including successive editions of a text on the law of maritime collisions, and on the position of Scots law in the United Kingdom. His ''Students' Glossary of Legal Terms'' was published in 1946, and four editions of his ''Preface to Scots Law'' were published between 1944 and 1964.〔 In 1947, he became a King's Counsel, and from 1955 to 1957 he was the Chairman of the Saltire Society. Gibb retired from his professorship in 1958, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of laws degree by the university the following year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Dewar Gibb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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