SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
Born in 1723, died in 1780; professor of Common Law at
Oxford in 1758; justice in the Court of Common Pleas in
1770; published his "Commentaries" in 1765-68, eight
editions appearing in his own lifetime, and innumerable ones
since.
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