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Blackstone, Sir William

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An eminent jurist and judge, born in London, the son of a silk-mercer; was fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1746 called to the bar; became first Vinerian professor of Law at Oxford; had Jeremy Bentham for one of his pupils; author of the well-known "Commentaries on the Laws of England," an authority on the subject and a work that has appeared in many editions (1723-1780).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Blackstone, Sir William'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/blackstone-sir-william.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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