Gershon Ellenbogen

Gershon Ellenbogen (7 January 1917 – September 2003), was a British barrister, author and a Liberal Party politician. He was notable for his contribution to the well known and much used legal reference work the Constitutional Laws of Great Britain. Early life Ellenbogen was born Gershon Katzenellenbogen in Liverpool, the son of Max Katzenellenbogen and Gertrude Hamburg. He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a Foundation Scholar. He won a First Class in the Classical Tripos, then read Moral Sciences for two years and Law for one year. While at Cambridge, he was a contemporary and friend of Alan Turing. His elder brother Basil was a physician and author, and his younger brother Raymond Ellenbogen was a dental surgeon. Professional career He served six years in the RAF as a Flight-Lieutenant in the Intelligence Branch, serving in Europe and the Middle East, being posted to Cairo in 1943. He was called to the Bar. He was a Bacon scholar of Gray's Inn, and a Barstow scholar of the Inns of Court. He was an author and lecturer on legal matters, as well as a practising barrister on the Northern Circuit. He wrote English Arbitration Practice and co-authored Questions and Answers on Constitutional Law and Legal History in 1950. In 1952, following an invitation from Owen Hood Phillips, he undertook a major revision of Chalmers and Hood Phillips Constitutional Laws of Great Britain. The reference work was widely regarded as the fullest modern exposition of the law on this subject. He was a frequent contributor to The Times, writing on legal matters.