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Mar 19, 2024 · James Kent (born July 31, 1763, Fredericksburgh, Putnam County, N.Y.—died Dec. 12, 1847, New York City) was a jurist whose decisions and written commentaries shaped the inchoate common law in the formative years of the United States and also influenced jurisprudence in England and other common-law countries. As chancellor of the New York ...
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May 11, 2018 · James Kent. James Kent (1763-1847), influential American jurist, is best known for his Commentaries on American Law. He was a leading conservative of his time. James Kent was born on July 3, 1763, at Fredericksburgh, N.Y. His father was a lawyer and farmer. James entered Yale College in 1777 at the age of 14 and graduated 4 years later with honors.
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James Kent was born in 1763 in the village of Doanesburg, New York, the son of Moss Kent, a lawyer and first Surrogate of Rensselaer County, New York. He was educated at the Latin School in Danbury, Connecticut, and entered Yale College in September 1777. His studies were repeatedly disrupted by the Revolutionary War and his childhood home was ...
James Kent (July 31, 1763 – December 12, 1847) was an American jurist, New York legislator, legal scholar, and first Professor of Law at Columbia College. [1] His Commentaries on American Law (based on lectures first delivered at Columbia in 1794, and further lectures in the 1820s) became the formative American law book in the antebellum era ...
- July 31, 1763, Fredericksburg, Dutchess County, New York, British America
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- December 12, 1847 (aged 84), New York City, New York, U.S.
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James Kent (composer) (1700–1776), English composer. James Kent, better known as Perturbator, French electronic/synthwave musician. James Tyler Kent (1849–1916), American physician and pioneer of homeopathy. Jim Kent (born 1960), American research scientist and computer programmer. James Kent (chef), American chef and winner of Bocuse d'Or ...
Electronic, synthwave, [1] industrial, darksynth. Years active. 2012–present. Labels. Blood Music. Website. perturbator .com. James Kent (born 1993), known by his stage name Perturbator, [2] is a French synthwave musician from Paris. His parents are British music critic Nick Kent, and French music journalist, Laurence Romance .
James Kent (July 31, 1763 – December 12, 1847) was an American jurist, New York legislator, legal scholar, and first Professor of Law at Columbia College. His Commentaries on American Law (based on lectures first delivered at Columbia in 1794, and further lectures in the 1820s) became the formative American law book in the antebellum era ...
