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James Kent

James Kent

Former Chancellor of New York
James Kent was an American jurist, New York legislator, legal scholar, and first Professor of Law at Columbia College. His Commentaries on American Law became the formative American law book in the antebellum era and also helped establish the... Wikipedia
Born: July 31, 1763, Dutchess County, NY
Died: December 12, 1847 (age 84 years), New York, NY
Children: William Kent
Great-grandparents: Abigail Cooke, James Lockwood, and Lydia Lockwood
Previous offices: Chancellor of New York (1814–1823) and Recorder of New York City (1797–1798)