Edward Coke

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5 total works indexed

1. Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

   · 1953 · cited 29,702x

2. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.

   · 2000 · cited 27,642x

3. Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers

   · 1938 · cited 24,318x

4. The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

   · 2000 · cited 23,708x

5. THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

   · 1963 · cited 18,946x

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Quotes

• “Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.”
• “Law is the safest helmet.”
• “The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.”
• “They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.”
• “Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.”
• “Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.”

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Key facts

Appointed by

James I

Preceded by

Sir Thomas Fleming

Succeeded by

Sir Henry Montagu

Born

1 February 1552, Mileham , Breckland , Norfolk, England

Died

3 September 1634 (aged 82), Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England

Spouse s

Bridget Paston (died 1598), Elizabeth Cecil (died 1646)

Alma mater

Trinity College, Cambridge , Inner Temple

Profession

Barrister politician judge

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