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Hugo Grotius

1583 - 1645

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Hugo Grotius ( GROH-shee-əss; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Hugo de Groot (Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː də ˈɣroːt]) or Huig de Groot (Dutch: [ˈɦœyɣ də ˈɣroːt]), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet and playwright. A teenage prodigy, he was born in Delft and studied at Leiden University. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in the controversies over religious policy of the Dutch Republic, but escaped hidden in a chest of books that was regularly brought to him and was transported to Gorinchem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Grotius has received more than 1,215,890 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Hugo Grotius is the 2nd most popular lawyer (down from 1st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Netherlands and the most popular Dutch Lawyer.

Hugo Grotius is most famous for being the first person to use the word "international law" in his book, "De Jure Belli ac Pacis," which means "On the Law of War and Peace."

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  • 73

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Among lawyers, Hugo Grotius ranks 2 out of 136. Before him are Al-Shafi‘i. After him are Carlo Buonaparte, Charles Albert Gobat, Ulpian, Louis Renault, J. Edgar Hoover, Henri La Fontaine, Gaius, Al-Nawawi, Aemilius Papinianus, and Tobias Asser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Hugo Grotius ranks 1. After him are Albrecht von Wallenstein, Sasaki Kojirō, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Axel Oxenstierna, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, and Jan Porcellis. Among people deceased in 1645, Hugo Grotius ranks 2. Before him is Miyamoto Musashi. After him are Michael of Russia, Li Zicheng, William Laud, Francisco de Quevedo, Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Feng Menglong, Anthony van Diemen, and Eudoxia Streshneva.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hugo Grotius ranks 12 out of 1,646. Before him are Piet Mondrian (1872), Johan Cruyff (1947), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), and Christiaan Huygens (1629). After him are Abel Tasman (1603), Mata Hari (1876), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), and Pope Adrian VI (1459).

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Among LAWYERS In Netherlands

Among lawyers born in Netherlands, Hugo Grotius ranks 1. After him are Tobias Asser (1838).

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