The New International Encyclopædia/Abbott, Austin

AB′BOTT, Austin, LL.D. (1831-96). An American lawyer, born in Boston, Mass., the son of Jacob Abbott. He graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1851 and was admitted to the bar in the following year. He was in partnership with his brothers, Benjamin Vaughan and Lyman (afterward editor of the Outlook). He gained a national reputation as counsel for Theodore Tilton in his suit against Henry Ward Beecher. He aided his brother Benjamin in the preparation of his well-known digests of laws, and published many legal text books. He also wrote, in collaboration with his two brothers, two novels, Matthew Caraby and Conecut Corners. He was an able lecturer on law and was Dean of the Law School of the University of the City of New York from 1891 until his death.