Edward Christian

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Edward Christian was an English legal scholar and judge best known for defending his brother Fletcher Christian’s role in the HMS Bounty mutiny and influencing its historical interpretation.

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instanceOf human
judge
legal scholar
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1758
dateOfDeath 1823
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Downing College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Christian NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork law
legal scholarship
genre legal commentary
givenName Edward
hasAcademicDiscipline English law
common law
hasRelative Charles Christian NERFINISHED
Fletcher Christian NERFINISHED
influenced later historians of the HMS Bounty mutiny
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf University of Cambridge academic staff
notableFor defending Fletcher Christian’s role in the HMS Bounty mutiny
editing and annotating Blackstone’s Commentaries
influencing the historical interpretation of the HMS Bounty mutiny
notableWork A Short Treatise on the Game Laws NERFINISHED
annotations to William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England
occupation judge
law professor
legal scholar
participantIn public debate over the HMS Bounty mutiny
placeOfBirth Moorland Close, near Cockermouth, Cumberland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Ely, Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED
positionHeld Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
chief justice of the Isle of Ely
religion Church of England
sexOrGender male
sibling Fletcher Christian NERFINISHED
workLocation Cambridge NERFINISHED
Ely NERFINISHED

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Fletcher Christian sibling Edward Christian