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| + | <blockquote> Although a learned lawyer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fortescue-Aland Fortescue Aland] admitted to ‘want of assurance’, and seems to have been happier in his study than among ‘the noise and trouble of the world’ (BL, Stowe MS 750, fol. 28). In addition to researches in legal history, his scholarly work demonstrated an admiration for logic and mathematics. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 20 March 1712 and became an honorary doctor of civil law at Oxford in 1733. His Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall was published in 1748. <ref> David Lemmings, ‘Aland, John Fortescue, first Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/271, accessed 30 May 2013]</ref> </blockquote> | ||
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by John Fortescue-Aland
Although a learned lawyer, Fortescue Aland admitted to ‘want of assurance’, and seems to have been happier in his study than among ‘the noise and trouble of the world’ (BL, Stowe MS 750, fol. 28). In addition to researches in legal history, his scholarly work demonstrated an admiration for logic and mathematics. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 20 March 1712 and became an honorary doctor of civil law at Oxford in 1733. His Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall was published in 1748. [1]
Bibliographic Information
Author: John Fortescue-Aland
Title: Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall: Also the Opinion of All the Judges of England Relating to the Grandest Prerogative of the Royal Family, and Some Observations Relating to the Prerogative of a Queen Consort
Publication Info: London, In the Savoy: Printed for H. Lintot, 1748.
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Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
References
- ↑ David Lemmings, ‘Aland, John Fortescue, first Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 30 May 2013
