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(1763–1847). One of the foremost influences on the shaping of American law in the 19th century was Kent’s book entitled Commentaries on American Law. It was published in four volumes between 1826 and 1830. Kent was born in Fredricksburgh, N.Y., on July 31, 1763.
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.
A portrait of James Kent was painted by Daniel Huntington. It is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
James Kent was born on July 31, 1763 in Fredericksburgh (now Southeast, Putnam County), New York, United States. He was the eldest son of Moss and Hannah (Rogers) Kent, who were married in 1760. His mother was the daughter of Dr. Uriah Rogers of Norwalk, Connecticut; his father was the son of the Reverend Elisha Kent, a Presbyterian minister who preached first at Newtown, Connecticut, and ...
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James Kent: A Master Builder 357. time. And then I sat down to search the authorities. lation of 21,000 in 1773 to 123,000 in 1820; it was to until I had exhausted my books; and I might once in be the London of America, and with universal suffrage a while be embarrassed by a technical rule, but I al.
