John Lathrop

John Lathrop (February 8, 1835 – August 24, 1910) was an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Early life and education Lathrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1833, to Rev. John P. Lathrop and Maria Margaretta ( Long) Lathrop. His father was the minister of the Allin Congregational Church in Dedham, Massachusetts. Other ancestors, also with the name John Lathrop, were among the original pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and the minister at Second Church, Boston. Lathrop attended the Dedham Public Schools and then Burlington College in New Jersey, receiving a degree in 1853. He then attended Harvard Law School and was graduated in 1855. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1906 from Williams College. Career After graduation, Lathrop entered the law offices of Charles C. Francis and William Caleb Loring in Boston. He was admitted to the bar in 1856.