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Which Oxford professorship did Sir William Blackstone become the first to hold?
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Sir William Blackstone
William Blackstone, oil painting attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir William Blackstone became the first person to hold the Vinerian professorship of common law at the University of Oxford. He was elected to this position in October 1758, following his pioneering efforts to deliver the first university lectures on English law.1