Black stone

Sir William, an English jurist, born in London, July 10, 1723; educated at the Charter House and Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1743 he was elected fellow of All- Soul’s College, ‘Oxford, and in 1746 was called to the bar; but, having attended the Westminster law courts for seven years without succe , he retired to Oxford. Here he gave leectures on law, which suggested to Mr. Viner the idea of founding a profe orship at Oxford for the study of the common law; and Black stone was, in 1758, chosen the first Vinerian Profe or. In 1765 he published the first vglume of his famous “ Commentaries on the Laws of England.” He died Feb. 14, 1780.