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Sir William Blackstone <ref name="term_69414" /> | |||
<p> 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). </p> | <p> 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). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_69414"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/blackstone,+sir+william Sir William Blackstone from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69414"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/blackstone,+sir+william Sir William Blackstone from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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