Travers Twiss
Sir Travers Twiss (born March 19, 1809 in London , † January 14, 1897 ) was a British lawyer .
Life
Travers Twiss was the eldest son of Robert Twiss. He studied at the University College in Oxford Mathematics and Classical Philology, where he later also worked as a tutor, Dean and financial manager. In March 1838, Twiss became a Fellow of the Royal Society . Later he was also professor of political economy (1842) and civil law (1855). From 1852 to 1855 he worked as a professor of international law at King's College London. In 1862 he married Marie von Lynnseele, which forced him to give up his offices. As a replacement for this he was elected honorary professor. In 1867 he was promoted to Knight Bachelor .
In 1840 he was admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and then worked on the Doctors' Commons . Twiss gained a lot of practical experience in church courts. His successful career continued in the civil courts and in addition he was appointed Advocate General of the Admiralty in 1862 and Advocate General of the Queen in 1867. In 1867 he was knighted.
In 1855 Twiss was appointed Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford. He held the professorship until 1870.
At the invitation of the Belgian King, Leopold II , he was to draft a constitution for the future Congo Free State at the Congo Conference .
literature
- Travers Twiss in the Encyclopædia Britannica , London 1911, p. 493 ( online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007 (PDF; 1.1 MB), last accessed on August 21, 2013.
- ↑ a b Twiss, Sir Travers in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, 1909.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Twiss, Travers |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1897 |