Sir William Blackstone 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. Wikipedia
Born: July 10, 1723, City of London, United Kingdom
Died: February 14, 1780 (age 56 years), Wallingford, United Kingdom
Influenced by: Montesquieu, Edmund Burke, and John Selden
Education: University of Oxford, Pembroke College, and Charterhouse School
Spouse: Sarah Clitherow (m. 1761)
Children: William Bertie Blackstone