Facts: - years active: 1919 -- 1952 - caption: ogburn in 1920 - birth name: charlton greenwood ogburn - death date: 26 february 1962 - birth date: 19 august 1882 - name: charlton ogburn - nationality: us - image: charlton ogburn senior.jpg - birth place: butler , georgia - occupation: lawyer ; writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charlton greenwood ogburn .
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charlton greenwood ogburn -lrb- 19 aug 1882 , butler , georgia -- 26 feb 1962 -rrb- was a lawyer who served as a public official in various capacities from 1917 through to the 1930s .he was employed as legal counsel both for government corporations and labor organizations .his most widely recognized work was undertaken as counsel for the american federation of labor in the 1930s .he later became a noted advocate for the oxfordian theory of shakespeare authorship , which asserts that edward de vere , 17th earl of oxford was the real author of shakespeare 's works .he published two major books on the topic , co-written with his wife dorothy .