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William Blackstone

1723 - 1780

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Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, justice and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the best-known description of the doctrines of the English common law. Born into a middle-class family in London, Blackstone was educated at Charterhouse School before matriculating at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1738. After switching to and completing a Bachelor of Civil Law degree, he was made a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, on 2 November 1743, admitted to Middle Temple, and called to the Bar there in 1746. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Blackstone has received more than 876,114 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William Blackstone is the 40th most popular lawyer (down from 36th in 2019), the 2,115th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,840th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, William Blackstone ranks 40 out of 68. Before him are Hans Gross, Alfenus Varus, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Heinrich Marx, Asad ibn al-Furat, and Alan Dershowitz. After him are Alberico Gentili, Cino da Pistoia, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Adrian Năstase, Hisashi Owada, and Navi Pillay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, William Blackstone ranks 22. Before him are Mir Taqi Mir, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, John Byron, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, and William Chambers. After him are Pehr Osbeck, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, William Livingston, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. Among people deceased in 1780, William Blackstone ranks 15. Before him are Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Johann Ludwig Krebs. After him are Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Hiraga Gennai, James Steuart, and John André.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Blackstone ranks 2,115 out of 7,765. Before him are William Aiton (1731), Guy Edwards (1942), Mark Williams (1959), Thomas Wright (1711), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), and Barbara Steele (1937). After him are Tommy Taylor (1932), Walter Pater (1839), Charles Wesley (1707), Joseph Fiennes (1970), Ouida (1839), and Tom Hollander (1967).

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Among LAWYERS In United Kingdom

Among lawyers born in United Kingdom, William Blackstone ranks 2. Before him are Peter Benenson (1921). After him are Henry de Bracton (1210), John Selden (1584), George Hadley (1685), and A. V. Dicey (1835).

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