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

See also

• Black Stone (disambiguation)
• Blackstones (disambiguation)
• Blackstone River (disambiguation)
• Black Rock (disambiguation)
• William J. Blakistone (died 1882), American politician and lawyer