John Henry Wigmore | |
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| Born | March 4, 1863 |
| Died | April 20, 1943 (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Burial place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, AM, LLB) |
| Occupation | Jurist |
| Known for | Dean of Northwestern Law School, Wigmore on Evidence, Wigmore chart, American Association of University Professors |
| Spouse | Emma Hunt Vogl (married 1889-1943) |
John Henry Wigmore (1863–1943) was an American lawyer and legal scholar known for his expertise in the law of evidence and for his influential scholarship. Wigmore taught law at Keio University in Tokyo (1889–1892) before becoming the first full-time dean of Northwestern Law School (1901–1929). His scholarship is best remembered for his Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law (1904), often simply called Wigmore on Evidence, and a graphical analysis method known as a Wigmore chart. He served as the second president of the American Association of University Professors.