Sir William Blackstone

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:birthDate 1723-07-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Blackstone
gptkb:Charles_Blackstone
gptkb:Henry_Blackstone
gptkb:James_Blackstone
gptkbp:deathDate 1780-02-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Wallingford,_Oxfordshire
gptkbp:education gptkb:Charterhouse_School
gptkbp:era 18th century
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:law
legal education
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Blackstone
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Marshall
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States
American legal system
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edward_Coke
gptkb:Matthew_Hale
gptkbp:knighted 1770
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England
systematizing English common law
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:Oxford_University
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Westbury
gptkb:Wallingford
gptkb:Hindon
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Vinerian_Professor_of_English_Law
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Peter's_Church,_Wallingford
gptkbp:signature William Blackstone signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sarah_Clitherow
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
legal studies
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4