Category: Biography
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Ganga Singh Bikaner
Ganga Singh Bikaner in Europe Sir Ganga Singh Bikaner, Maraha, (1880-1943), Indian soldier and statesman, was born Oct. 3 1880, and succeeded by adoption his elder brother, Dungar Singh, in 1887 as 21st ruler of the state. After education at the Mayo College, Ajmere, he was invested with […]
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak in Europe Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920), Indian nationalist leader and orientalist, was born July 23 1856, at Ratnagiri, where his father, a Chitpavan Brahman, was an educational officer. At the Deccan College, Poona, he graduated in arts with honours in 1876, and took […]
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Herbert Henry Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith in Europe Herbert Henry Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, was a Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He succeeded Henry Campbell-Bannerman. He was succeeded by David Lloyd George. English […]
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Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald Von
Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald Von in Europe Introduction Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald Von (1856-1921), Chancellor of the German Empire from July 1909 to July 1917, was born Nov. 29 1856 at Hohenfinow, the family property near Berlin, where he also died. He was descended from the Frankfurt […]
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W. Willard Wirtz
W. Willard Wirtz in Europe W. Willard Wirtz (March 14, 1912-April 24, 2010) graduated from Harvard Law School and is hired to teach by future Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. While at Northwestern University, he instructed another future Supreme Court justice: John Paul Stevens. […]
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Arthur J. Goldberg in Europe The son of immigrants, Arthur J. Goldberg (Aug. 8, 1908–Jan. 19, 1990) supervised an espionage group during World War II. He served as general counsel for the United Steelworkers of America and was the chief legal counsel for the AFL-CIO merger in 1955. As […]
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Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount
Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount in Europe Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount (1862-1933), British statesman, better known as Sir Edward Grey. He had a tenure of the Foreign Office which lasted exactly 11 years, from Dec. 1905 to Dec. 1916, the longest continuous of any […]
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Hammarskjold, Hjalmar
Hammarskjold, Hjalmar in Europe HAMMARSKJÖLD, HJALMAR (1862-1953), Swedish statesman, was born in 1862, and educated at Upsala University, where he became professor of civil law. He gradually established his reputation as a jurist, and took a prominent part in national politics. In 1901 he […]
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Milovanovic, Milovan
MilovanoviĆ, Milovan G. (1863-1912), Serbian statesman and diplomatist, was born at Belgrade on March 2 1863, and was educated there and in Paris, where he was the first Serb to take his degree as Doctor of Law and was awarded a gold medal for his thesis. He had become one of Europe’s leading […]
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Heinrich Lammasch
Heinrich Lammasch (1853-1920); Austrian jurist and statesman, was born on May 18 1853. He was professor of criminal and international law, a member of the Hague Arbitration Tribunal, and in 1918 the prime minister of Austria. He qualified for the teaching faculty at Vienna in 1878. His […]