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Edward Morton Daniel

b. 1848

A Victorian barrister who turned legal change into practical books, he wrote on trade marks, patents, and local charitable history. His work captures a moment when modern intellectual property law was taking shape in Britain.

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The Endowed Charities of Kensington: By Whom Bequeathed, and How Administered

The Endowed Charities of Kensington: By Whom Bequeathed, and How Administered

by Edward Morton Daniel

About the author

Born in 1848, Edward Morton Daniel was an English barrister connected with Lincoln’s Inn and the Midland Circuit. A brief biographical notice records that he entered Lincoln’s Inn in 1871 and was called to the bar in 1873; it also names him as the eldest son of Henry Maddocks Daniel.

Daniel wrote legal works aimed at making new legislation usable in practice. Confirmed titles include The Trade Marks Registration Act, 1875 (published in 1876) and A Complete Treatise upon the New Law of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (published in 1884), both focused on the developing law of intellectual property.

He also wrote beyond the courtroom. Project Gutenberg lists him as the author of The Endowed Charities of Kensington: By Whom Bequeathed, and How Administered and gives his life dates as 1848–1894, suggesting a writer with interests in both legal reform and civic history.