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Wilkinson (John) Lecture Notes


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 210

Held at: University College London

Title: Wilkinson (John) Lecture Notes

Date(s): Created 1758

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Wilkinson | John | fl 1758

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Wilkinson was a student of Corpus Christi College Oxford.

Sir William Blackstone: born in London, 1723; English jurist; elected the first holder of a Chair (the Vinerian Professorship) of common law at Oxford, 1758; his lectures formed the basis of his influential Commentaries on the Laws of England (4 volumes, 1765-1769), describing the doctrines of English law, which became the basis of university legal education in England and North America; knighted, 1770; died at Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 1780.

CONTENT

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Notes from a course of lectures in law, given in Oxford by Sir William Blackstone.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Open.

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Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Detailed catalogue

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Presented by Lady Amos in 1941.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online.

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999, revised Jul 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Legal education | Vocational education
Legal systems | Law

Personal names
Blackstone | Sir | William | 1723-1780 | Knight | judge, MP and historian
Wilkinson | John | fl 1758

Corporate names
University of Oxford x Oxford University

Places