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Grece, Clair J. (Clair James), 1831-1905
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Dates of existence
1831-1905
History
Clair James Grece was born on August 20, 1831, in Horley, Surrey, England.
He was a solicitor (LL.B.) and philologist. He worked as a solicitor of the London University and as town clerk of Reigate, Surrey. He was a Fellow of the Philological Society in London (1862-1905). Grece wrote works on various legal topics, e.g., the paper "Upon Negative Voting", presented at a Meeting of the Jurisprudence of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science in 1869. He translated a 3-volume German study of English grammar, "An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical" by Prof. Mätzner (1874).
In 1884, he married Mary Gasson (1854–1897) and in 1901, he remarried Jeanette Maud Dundas (1872- ). He died on December 8, 1905, in Horley, Surrey, England.