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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 decided to leave his academic life at Oxford after his proposal to transform New Inn Hall into a specialized college dedicated to common law was rejected. Following this setback, he resigned from his position as the Vinerian professor of common law and his headship of the hall in 1766.1