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OXLEY, James Macdonald, Canadian author, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 22 October, 1855. He was educated at Halifax grammar-school, and graduated at Dalhousie university in 1874, studied law at Harvard in 1876-'7, and in 1879 obtained the degree of LL. B. from the University of Halifax. He was admitted to the bar of Nova Scotia in 1878, and practised in Halifax from 1879 till 1883. He acted as an official reporter in the house of assembly in 1881-'3, and in the latter year became attached to the Dominion department of marine and fisheries. Mr. Oxley has written extensively for magazines and periodicals in the United States and Canada. He was joint editor of a series of "Nova Scotia Decisions" (Halifax, 1880-'3) ; editor of Young's "Admiralty Decisions" (Toronto, 1882); and has translated Eugene Sue's "L'Orgueil" (New York, 1883).
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