William Blackstone

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William Blackstone was an 18th-century English jurist best known for his "Commentaries on the Laws of England," which systematized and popularized English common law.

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William Blackstone canonical 4
Sir William Blackstone 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barrister
human
judge
jurist
legal scholar
legal writer
politician
canonizedIn Anglican Communion liturgical calendars
surface form: Anglican Communion calendar of saints
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship England
Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1723-07-10
dateOfDeath 1780-02-14
educatedAt All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Charterhouse School
Pembroke College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer Court of Common Pleas
University of Oxford
familyName Blackstone
fieldOfWork English law
common law
constitutional law
jurisprudence
givenName William
hasPart Commentaries on the Laws of England
surface form: Book I of Commentaries on the Laws of England

Commentaries on the Laws of England
surface form: Book II of Commentaries on the Laws of England

Commentaries on the Laws of England
surface form: Book III of Commentaries on the Laws of England

Commentaries on the Laws of England
surface form: Book IV of Commentaries on the Laws of England
influenced American legal thought
United States constitutional law
influencedBy English law
surface form: English common law tradition
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Parliament of Great Britain
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Commentaries on the Laws of England
occupation barrister
judge
jurist
legal scholar
politician
university teacher
parliamentaryTerm MP for Hindon
MP for Westbury
placeOfBirth Cheapside, City of London
surface form: Cheapside

London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Oxfordshire
Wallingford
positionHeld Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
Member of Parliament
Vinerian Professor of English Law
religion Church of England
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah Clitherow

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Sir Edward Coke influenced William Blackstone
A Fragment on Government criticizes William Blackstone
Hertford College, Oxford hasNotableAlumni William Blackstone
this entity surface form: Sir William Blackstone
James Kent influencedBy William Blackstone
Pembroke College, Oxford hasAlumnus William Blackstone
this entity surface form: Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England author William Blackstone