George Grafton Wilson

George Grafton Wilson (Plainfield, Connecticut, 29 March 1863 – Cambridge, Massachusetts, 30 April 1951) was a professor of International Law during the first half of the 20th century.

In 1910, Harvard University appointed him professor of International Law, an academic post he held until he retired in 1936.

He served as special counsel, U.S. Maritime Commn., 1941–1945; lecturer in International Law at the University of Hawaii, 2d semester, 1937.

At the Hague in August 1914 Wilson aided U.S. Minister Henry Van Dyke to alleviate the distress of American travelers stranded in Europe by the war.

He was also director of the Revue de Droit International from 1913 and Membre de l’Institut de Droit International; member of the American Philosophical Society;[3] fellow and later vice president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and vice president of the American Society of International Law.