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A. V. Dicey

1835 - 1922

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Albert Venn Dicey, (4 February 1835 – 7 April 1922) was a British Whig jurist and constitutional theorist. He is most widely known as the author of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885). The principles it expounds are considered part of the uncodified British constitution. He became Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford, one of the first Professors of Law at the LSE Law School, and a leading constitutional scholar of his day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. V. Dicey is the 90th most popular lawyer (down from 83rd in 2019), the 4,556th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,340th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, A. V. Dicey ranks 90 out of 136. Before him are Louise Arbour, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Clarence Darrow, George Hadley, Gu Kailai, and Christian Gottfried Körner. After him are Amy Chua, Fatimata M'Baye, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Richard Wagner, Clara González, and Irene Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, A. V. Dicey ranks 85. Before him are Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Richard Olney, Richard Andree, Johannes Wislicenus, Theodore Thomas, and Daniel Giraud Elliot. After him are Émile Léonard Mathieu, Vítězslav Hálek, Rebecca Latimer Felton, William Stanley Haseltine, Lyman Abbott, and Fitzhugh Lee. Among people deceased in 1922, A. V. Dicey ranks 121. Before him are Betzy Akersloot-Berg, William Christie, Serapio Calderón, Gaston Bonnier, Takamine Jōkichi, and Lev Chugaev. After him are August Palm, Cathal Brugha, Gösta Runö, Pál Simon, Anna Missuna, and Alfred Capus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. V. Dicey ranks 4,557 out of 8,785. Before him are Robbie Fowler (1975), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Sam Houser (1972), David Jason (1940), and Henry Lincoln (1930). After him are Martin Litchfield West (1937), Samantha Morton (1977), Stephen Leacock (1869), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Doug Sampson (1957), and Eddie Colman (1936).

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Among LAWYERS In United Kingdom

Among lawyers born in United Kingdom, A. V. Dicey ranks 7. Before him are Peter Benenson (1921), William Blackstone (1723), Henry de Bracton (1210), John Selden (1584), Karim Ahmad Khan (1970), and George Hadley (1685). After him are Philippe Sands (1960).

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