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Tobias Asser

1838 - 1913

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Tobias Michael Carel Asser (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtoːbijɑs miˈɕɛl ˈkaːrəl ˈɑsər]; 28 April 1838 – 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899 and for his achievements in establishing the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Asser is the 12th most popular lawyer, the 56th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Lawyer.

Tobias Asser is most famous for his work as a lawyer and for his involvement in the Dutch resistance during World War II.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Tobias Asser ranks 12 out of 136. Before him are John F. Kennedy Jr., Henri La Fontaine, Ulpian, Gaius, Al-Nawawi, and Aemilius Papinianus. After him are Paul Alexander, J. Edgar Hoover, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Merrick Garland, Rudolf von Jhering, and Doug Emhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Tobias Asser ranks 7. Before him are John Wilkes Booth, Georges Bizet, Liliʻuokalani, Ernst Mach, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and Max Bruch. After him are Jan Matejko, Edward W. Morley, Franz Brentano, Luís I of Portugal, Émile Loubet, and Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. Among people deceased in 1913, Tobias Asser ranks 8. Before him are Rudolf Diesel, Menelik II, Alfred Russel Wallace, George I of Greece, J. P. Morgan, and Harriet Tubman. After him are Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, Alfred von Schlieffen, August Bebel, and Sophia of Nassau.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Tobias Asser ranks 56 out of 1,646. Before him are Max Euwe (1901), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Ruud Gullit (1962), Frits Zernike (1888), and Paul J. Crutzen (1933). After him are Thomas Bernhard (1931), Paul Verhoeven (1938), Rem Koolhaas (1944), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), and Frank Rijkaard (1962).

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Among LAWYERS In Netherlands

Among lawyers born in Netherlands, Tobias Asser ranks 2. Before him are Hugo Grotius (1583).

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