What is Harry Blackmun?
{{Infobox Judge |birthname = Harry Andrew Blackmun |image = Justice Blackmun Official.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |office = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court]] |termstart = June 9, 1970<ref name=USSCTimeline>{{cite web | title=Members of the Supreme Court of the United States | publisher=[[Supreme Court of the United States]] | url=http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members.aspx | accessdate=April 26, 2010 | archive-date=April 29, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429170327/http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> |termend = August 3, 1994 |nominator = [[Richard Nixon]] |appointer = |predecessor = [[Abe Fortas]] |successor = [[Stephen Breyer]] |office2 = [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]] |termstart2 = September 21, 1959 |termend2 = June 8, 1970 |nominator2 = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] |appointer2 = |predecessor2 = [[John B. Sanborn, Jr.]] |successor2 = [[Donald Roe Ross]] |alma_mater = [[Harvard College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]])}}<br/>[[Harvard Law School]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Laws|L.L.B.]])}}<!--<ref>{{harvnb|Greenhouse|2005|p=12}}</ref>--> |birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1908|11|12}} |birth_place = [[Nashville, Illinois|Nashville]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1999|3|4|1908|11|12}} |death_place = [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]], [[Virginia]], United States |spouse = }} '''Harry Andrew Blackmun''' (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author