Category: Biography
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Henri Fazy
Henri Fazy (1842-1920), Swiss statesman and historian, was a member of a family which at the date of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) came from Dauphiné to Geneva to seek protection for religious reasons. Its most prominent member was his great-uncle, the Radical statesman, James […]
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Sir George Farwell
Sir George Farwell in Europe Sir George Farwell (1845-1915), English judge, was born at Codsall, Staffs., Dec. 22 1845. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1866. He was called to the bar in 1871. In 1891 he became a Q.C. and in 1895 a bencher of…
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Gustave Ador
Gustave Ador in Europe Gustave Ador (1845-1928), Swiss statesman, a member of a family of Vaud, which in 1814 obtained the burghership of Geneva, and grandson of Jean Pierre Ador, who first obtained this right, was born at Geneva Dec. 23 1845. He studied law at the academy (now the […]
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Meighen, Arthur
Arthur Meighen in Europe Arthur Meighen (1874-1960), Canadian lawyer and statesman, was born June 16 1874 at Anderson, Perth co., Ontario. After studying law, he practised for some years in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the general election […]
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Adhémar Esmein
Jean Paul Hippolyte Emmanuel Adhémar Esmein in Europe Jean Paul Hippolyte Emmanuel Adhémar Esmein (1848-1913), French jurist, was born at Tourvérac, Charente, Feb. 1 1848, In 1888 he became professor of law in the university of Paris, and in 1904 member of the Institute of France. His […]
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Sir George Houstoun Reid
Sir George Houstoun Reid in Europe Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918), Australian statesman, was born at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Feb. 25 1845. His father, a Presbyterian minister, emigrated to Australia seven years later, and the boy was therefore Australian by education though not by […]
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William Philip Schreiner
William Philip Schreiner in Europe William Philip Schreiner (1837-1919), South African lawyer (barrister) and statesman, the youngest son of a German missionary, was born in the district of Herschel, Cape Colony. He studied law at Cape Town and at Cambridge and London universities. He was […]
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Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein
Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein in Europe Baron Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1842-1912), German diplomatist, was born at Carlsruhe Oct. 12 1842, his father — Augustus, Baron Marschall von Bieberstein — being chamberlain to the Grand Duke of Baden, and his mother before […]
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Joseph Caillaux
Joseph Caillaux in Europe Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (1863-1944), French politician and financier, was born March 30 1863. After studying law and following lectures at the École des Sciences Politiques he entered the civil service in 1888 as an inspector of finance, and spent most of his […]
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Louisa Twining
Louisa Twining in Europe Louisa Twining (1820-1912), English philanthropic worker, was born in London Nov. 16 1820. In early life she was an artist, and published Symbols and Emblems of Mediaeval Christian Art (1852) and Types and Figures of the Bible (1854). In 1853, however, she became […]