Aviet Agabeg
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Born29 August 1844
Died4 September 1920 (aged 76)
AlmamaterSt John's College, Cambridge
OccupationBarrister
Aviet Agabeg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 August 1844 |
| Died | 4 September 1920 (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Notable work | Harris's Criminal Law |
| Spouse | Edith Wynne |
Aviet Agabeg (29 August 1844 - 4 September 1920) was an Armenian-Indian barrister and legal scholar.[1][2][3] He was one of the first Asian barristers to be called to the bar in England and Wales and the first to be called by the Inner Temple,[4] and he was editor of Harris's Principles of the Criminal Law, which was a leading[5] textbook on English criminal law.
Agabeg was born into the Armenian diaspora in India in Kolkata on 29 August 1844. He was admitted as a pensioner at St John's College, Cambridge on 4 October 1862, and he graduated LL.B. in 1867.[1] He was admitted as a member of the Inner Temple in 1864 and called to the bar in 1868.[2]