Bruce H. Mann

{{Infobox academic

| name = Bruce H. Mann

| image = Bruce Mann - The Harvard Crimson (cropped and edited).jpg

| birth_name = Bruce Hartling Mann

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|4|28}}

| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| spouse = {{Marriage|Elizabeth Warren|1980}}

| education = Brown University (BA, MA)
Yale University (MPhil, JD, PhD)

| thesis_title = Rationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760.

| workplaces = Harvard University
Washington University in St. Louis

| discipline = Law

}}

Bruce Hartling Mann (born April 28, 1950){{cite web | url=http://www.copyrightencyclopedia.com/study-guide-to-accompany-macroeconomics-%5bby%5d-rudiger-2/ | title=Parishes, law, and community in Connecticut, 1700–1760 | accessdate=March 5, 2014}} is an American legal scholar who is the Carl F. Schipper Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and husband of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. A legal historian, his research focuses on the relationship among legal, social, and economic change in early United States.{{cite web | url=http://www.thesunchronicle.com/columns/bristol-brown-and-warren-s-salaries-don-t-matter/article_4bbaaeb6-f421-5f0a-8e44-c7fb353f456b.html | title=BRISTOL: Brown and Warren's salaries don't matter | publisher=SUN CHRONICLE | date=May 6, 2012 | author=BRISTOL, NED}} He began teaching at Harvard Law School in 2006, after being the Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Early life and education

Bruce Hartling Mann was born on April 28, 1950, in Massachusetts.{{Cite web|date=2012-10-14|title=Harvard Law Professor Bruce Mann adjusts to public role as 'Elizabeth Warren's husband'|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2012/10/harvard_law_professor_bruce_mann_adjusts_to_elizabeth_warren_husband.html|access-date=2021-12-31|website=masslive|language=en}} He graduated in 1968 from Hingham High School in Hingham, Massachusetts.{{Cite web|date=2012-09-28|title=Hubby says Elizabeth Warren 'passionate' about her convictions|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2012/09/28/hubby-says-elizabeth-warren-passionate-about-her-convictions/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US}} He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brown University (1972) and M.Phil., J.D., and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University (1975, 1975, and 1977, respectively).{{cite web|title=Harvard Law School Faculty Directory|url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=688&show=bibliography|accessdate=September 25, 2012}} His dissertation was titled "Rationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760."{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KfjGwAACAAJ | title=Rationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760| last1=Mann | first1=Bruce Hartling | year=1980 }}{{cite book|last=Mann|first=Bruce Hartling|title=Rationality, Legal Change, and Community in Connecticut, 1690–1760|pages=221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KfjGwAACAAJ|date=December 1977}} Mann has been licensed to practice law in Connecticut since 1975.{{cite web | url=http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/02138-ma-bruce-mann-1462220.html | title=Bruce Hartling Mann | publisher=Avvo | accessdate=March 5, 2014}}

Career

After graduation, Mann taught at the University of Connecticut School of Law, Washington University School of Law, University of Houston Law Center, University of Texas School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, and the history department at Princeton University.{{cite web|url=http://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10550/Mann/ |title=Bruce H. Mann |publisher=Harvard Law School |accessdate=September 24, 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/10/harvard_law_professor_bruce_mann_adjusts_to_elizabeth_warren_husband.html | title=Harvard Law Professor Bruce Mann adjusts to public role as 'Elizabeth Warren's husband' | publisher=MassLive | date=October 14, 2012 | accessdate=March 5, 2014 | author=Schoenberg, Shira}} In 1987, Mann started to teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/08/19/for-professor-warren-a-steep-climb|title=For Professor Warren, a steep climb |website=Boston Globe }}

He is the author of Neighbors and Strangers: Law and Community in Early Connecticut (2001) and Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence (2009). From 2011 to 2013, Mann served as president of the American Society for Legal History.{{cite web|url=https://aslh.net/about-aslh/current-officers-directors-and-committees/past-presidents/?v=7516fd43adaa |title=Past Presidents |publisher=American Society for Legal History |accessdate=December 5, 2019 }}

Personal life

Mann is married to Elizabeth Warren, the senior United States senator from Massachusetts and a former law professor. Warren proposed to Mann after she observed him teach a property class, having previously met at a law conference.{{Cite web|url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/elizabeth-warren-teacher-presidential-candidate.html|title=Talking Teaching With Elizabeth Warren, the Most Professorial Candidate Ever|last=Traister|first=Rebecca|date=August 6, 2019|website=Intelligencer|language=en}} Warren was a Democratic candidate for president of the United States in the 2020 election.{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Warren drops out |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-2020-121931}}

File:Dover_Organizing_Event_(48417234912).jpg, Bailey]]Mann was involved in the Elizabeth Warren Native American ancestry scandal in that he also erroneously claimed Cherokee ancestry in the same 1984 cookbook that Warren did.{{cite web | url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2018/10/elizabeth-warrens-native-ancestry-response-is-a-complete-disaster | title=Elizabeth Warren's Native Ancestry Response Is A Complete Disaster | publisher=Current Affairs | date=October 16, 2018 | author=Robinson, Nathan J.}}

Awards

SHEAR Book Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.{{cite web | url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10550/Mann | title=Bruce H. Mann, Carl F. Schipper, Jr. Professor of Law | publisher=Harvard School of Law | accessdate=March 5, 2014}}
Littleton-Griswold Prize from the American Historical Association.
J. Willard Hurst Prize from the Law and Society Association.