Blackstone

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Blackstone may refer to:

People

Charles Blackstone (born 1977), fiction writer
Elliott Blackstone (1924–2006), former police sergeant and LGBT advocate
Gay Blackstone (born 1952), widow of Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Harriet Blackstone (1864–1939), American painter
Harry Blackstone Sr. (1885–1965), famous American magician known as "The Great Blackstone" and father of Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Harry Blackstone Jr. (1934–1997), popular stage magician and television performer of the late 20th century
Ian Blackstone (born 1964), English former footballer
Jerry Blackstone, director of choirs at the University of Michigan
John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (1796–1868), American lawyer and legislator
John Wilford Blackstone Jr. (1835–1911), American lawyer and legislator
Milton Blackstone (1906–1983), publicity agent for Eddie Fisher
Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone (born 1942), British politician
Timothy Blackstone (1829–1900), Chicago Railroad and Stock Yard president
Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780), English jurist
- Blackstone's formulation, a principle in criminal law named for the jurist
- The Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, a 1769 major legal text of the 18th century; often referred to as "Blackstone" or "Blackstone's Commentaries"
William Eugene Blackstone (1841–1935), American evangelist and Christian Zionist
William Seymour Blackstone (1809–1881), 19th-century British MP and grandson of William Blackstone the jurist, above
William Blackstone, aka William Blaxton (1595–1675), early English settler in New England

Businesses

Blackstone & Co, a diesel engine and agricultural engineering company in Stamford, Lincolnshire, which became Mirrlees Blackstone
Blackstone Audio, publisher of audiobooks
Blackstone Chambers, a set of barristers' chambers in London
Blackstone Legal Fellowship, legal training and internship program
Black Stone Minerals, a Houston-based oil and natural gas corporation
Blackstone Press, a subsidiary of OUP
Blackstone Winery, a Gonzales, California winery owned by Constellation Brands
Blackstone Inc., American private equity, investment banking, and asset management firm
Blackstones Bar Maine's longest operating LGBTQ bar, and currently Portland's only LGBTQ bar.

Places

Australia

Blackstone, Queensland, a suburb in the City of Ipswich
Blackstone, Western Australia, known as Papulankutja
Blackstone Heights, Tasmania

United Kingdom

Blackstone Edge, an area of moorland along the Lancashire (Greater Manchester) and West Yorkshire county boundary in England
Blackstone, West Sussex, England

United States

Blackstone, Illinois
Blackstone, Massachusetts
Blackstone, Pennsylvania
Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island, a neighborhood
- Blackstone Boulevard Park, in Providence, Rhode Island
- Blackstone Park Conservation District, in Providence, Rhode Island
- Blackstone Park Historic District, in Providence, Rhode Island
Blackstone, Virginia
- Blackstone Army Airfield, Virginia
The Blackstone River in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
- The Blackstone Valley, a National Heritage Corridor along the Blackstone River
- Blackstone River Bikeway, a planned rail trail
- Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, Upton, Massachusetts

Canada

Blackstone Lake, Ontario

Fiction

Blackstone (novel), a 1972 novel featuring the character Edmund 'Beau' Blackstone, a fictional 19th century detective created by "Richard Falkirk" (Derek Lambert); the first of six such novels
Blackstone Chronicles, a series of mystery and thriller novels authored by John Saul
Blackstone Fortress, a type of space station in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000
Blackstone (TV series), the fictional Blackstone First Nation's struggles with corruption, politics, and the need for change
Blackstone, the Magic Detective, a radio series starring a fictionalized version of Harry Blackstone, Sr.
The Blackstone, a country club in the TV series Royal Pains

Other

Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence
Blackstone Avenue, a major roadway in Fresno, California, USA
Blackstone Hall, a dormitory at the University of Chicago
The Blackstone Hotel, a Chicago hotel
Blackstone Hotel (Omaha, Nebraska), a 1915 Omaha landmark currently known as the Blackstone Center
Blackstone Library, Chicago's first public library
Blackstone Memorial, a Zionist petition written by William Eugene Blackstone
Blackstone, a codename for ColdFusion 7.0 - beta of ColdFusion MX 7.0, a product of Macromedia
Blackstone, in reference to the Black P. Stones gang
HTC BlackStone, a Windows Mobile phone also known as the HTC Touch HD
Operation Blackstone, part of Operation Torch, the Allied landings in Africa during World War II