Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law)
Biography
Archibald Hunter Campbell was born 21 May 1902 in Edinburgh. He was educated at George Watson's College in the city, at Edinburgh University, and then at University College, Oxford. After his studies, Campbell would become a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and in 1935 he was appointed Barber Professor of Jurisprudence at Birmingham University. In September 1939, and from the outbreak of the hostilities which became known as the Second World War he was summoned into service at Bletchley Park.
At Bletchley Park he was a Foreign Office Civilian (Temporary Senior Assistant Officer) and worked at the Mansion, Hut 10, Block A and Block F(A), Air Section, including advanced research in the Italian sub-section. There he decrypted non-Enigma signals from German, Italian and Japanese Air Forces and produced intelligence reports. He also worked at Hut 5 and Block F, Military Section, probably Japanese, involved in decrypting and reporting on non-Enigma enemy army ciphers. This was also known as No 4 Intelligence School.
After the war he returned to Edinburgh and to the University’s Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and the Nations which he held from 1945 to 1972. He was Dean of the Faculty of Law, 1958-64. He was also an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College. His scholarly work included notable papers on Fascism and Legality, on Obligation and Obedience to Law, and on the structures and sources of Stair's Institutions. The friends of his youth included the poets Auden and Isherwood.
Professor Archibald Hunter Campbell died in Edinburgh 8 June 1989.
Source: http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/untoldstories/tag/archibald-h-campbell-1902-1989/
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter, 1959, from Alexander Gray to Archibald H. Campbell
The letter, dated 21 May 1959, is to "My dear Archie", Archibald H. Campbell. It accompanied a copy of Selected poems "put together by Maurice Lindsay" in Gray's "pre-Danish Days". The letter also refers to a copy of Sir Halewyn, and to various of his "signature tunes".
Postcard to Professor A. H. Campbell, 3 December 1969
The postcard is dated 3 December 1969, and its origin is Heriot Row [Edinburgh]. It is addressed to Prof. A. H. Campbell, on Braid Hills Road, Edinburgh and is thanks for a 'letter to D. Currie' and indicating that the 'check is correct'. The writer indicates that 'Crabbie, the Nelsons, or Sir D.T. are not for the moment going to be tried, but there is hope 'that someone else will come along with a letter to them'.
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