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• Vinerian Professor of English Law — The Vinerian Professorship of English Law, formerly Vinerian Professorship of Common Law, was established by Charles Viner who by his will, dated 29 December 1755, left about £12,000 to the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of… …   Wikipedia

• Vinerian Scholarship — The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student that gives the best performance in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law. Currently, £2,400 is given to the winner of the scholarship, with an… …   Wikipedia

• Robert Chambers (judge) — Sir Robert Chambers (14 January 1737, Newcastle upon Tyne ndash;9 May 1803, Paris), was a jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law, and Chief Justice of Bengal. BiographyBorn in January 1737, Chambers was the son of Robert Chambers, an attorney… …   Wikipedia

• A. V. Dicey — Albert Venn Dicey Born 4 February 1835 (1835 02 04) Died 7 April 1922 …   Wikipedia

• William Searle Holdsworth — Sir William Searle Holdsworth, OM, KC, DCL, HON LL.D, FBA, (born May 7, 1871; died January 2, 1944) was Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University and a legal historian, amongst whose works is the 12 volume History of English… …   Wikipedia

• Blackstone, Sir William — born July 10, 1723, London, Eng. died Feb. 14, 1780, Wallingford, Oxfordshire British jurist. Orphaned at age 12, he was educated at public school and later at Pembroke College, Oxford, at the expense of his uncle, a London surgeon. He was… …   Universalium

• List of Old Carthusians — Old Carthusians are former pupils of Charterhouse School.Born in 17th century*Joseph Henshaw (1603 ndash;1679), Bishop of Peterborough, 1663 ndash;1679 *Roger Williams (c.1603 ndash;1683), religious dissenter and co founder of Rhode Island… …   Wikipedia

• Harold Hanbury — Harold Greville Hanbury (19 June 1898 at Compton Verney House, Warwickshire – 12 March 1993 at Pinetown, Natal, South Africa) was Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1964. Biography He was the only child of… …   Wikipedia

• John Robert Kenyon — (1807 at Pradoe, Shropshire ndash;17 April 1880, Pradoe) was an British lawyer and academic.He was born the third son of Thomas Kenyon of Pradoe in Shropshire, gentleman. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 24 January 1825, aged 18. He… …   Wikipedia

• William Martin Geldart — Infobox Person name = William Martin Geldart caption = birth date = 7 June 1870 birth place = death date = 12 February 1922 death place = other names = known for = Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford, wrote Elements of English Law (1907)… …   Wikipedia