Earl Rogers | |
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![]() Rogers, c. 1911 | |
Born | Perry, New York, US | November 18, 1869
Died | February 22, 1922 Los Angeles, California, US | (aged 52)
Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California |
Education | Syracuse University (attended) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Earl Rogers (November 18, 1869 – February 22, 1922) was an American trial lawyer and professor. Rogers became the inspiration for Erle Stanley Gardner's fictional character Perry Mason. He was also posthumously inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame.[1]