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| Type: | Recording, oral |
| Title: | A man of many parts : William Blackstone & the English Enlightenment |
| Other Titles: | William Blackstone and the English Enlightenment |
| Author: | Prest, Wilfrid Robertson |
| Publisher: | Radio Adelaide |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | Barr Smith discovery series ; 22 November 2007 |
| School/Discipline: | Law School |
| Organisation: | Friends of the University of Adelaide Library Radio Adelaide University of Adelaide |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Wilfrid Prest |
| Abstract: | Blackstone is best known today for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published in four volumes between 1765-69 and continuously in print thereafter. But besides writing the most influential law book in the English language, Blackstone had a remarkably wide range of extra-legal interests and accomplishments: architectural, bibliographical, historical, literary, and political, among others. This talk touches lightly on some aspects of these polymathic activities. |
| Subject: | Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780 Lawyers Great Britain Biography Judges Great Britain Biography Authors Anecdotes Enlightenment England |
| Description: | "Presented by the Friends of the Barr Smith Library, 22 November 2007, Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, the University of Adelaide." Recorded in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, the University of Adelaide, 22 November 2007. |
| Appears in Collections: | Friends of the University of Adelaide Presentations |
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