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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 929,993 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). William Blackstone is the 45th most popular lawyer (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,113th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, William Blackstone ranks 45 out of 136. Before him are Heinrich Marx, Hans von Dohnanyi, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Bill Gates Sr., Tivadar Soros, and Bernhard Windscheid. After him are Adrian Năstase, Cino da Pistoia, Karl Binding, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Robert Bilott, and Dmitry Bogrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, William Blackstone ranks 21. Before him are Mir Taqi Mir, Tobias Mayer, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Antoine Louis, and Pehr Osbeck. After him are Marcus Elieser Bloch, William Chambers, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, William Livingston, John Byron, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. Among people deceased in 1780, William Blackstone ranks 17. Before him are Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Hiraga Gennai, and Luis Egidio Meléndez. After him are Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Francesco Antonio Vallotti, James Steuart, and John André.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Blackstone ranks 2,113 out of 8,785. Before him are Gregory Winter (1951), Barbara Steele (1937), Miriam Margolyes (1941), Jodie Whittaker (1982), Peter Hammill (1948), and William Bayliss (1860). After him are Caratacus (15), Roger Bannister (1929), Michael Byrne (1943), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Michael Bond (1926), and Edmund Crouchback (1245).

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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 John Selden (1584), Henry de Bracton (1210), George Hadley (1685), A. V. Dicey (1835), Karim Ahmad Khan (1970), and Philippe Sands (1960).

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