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Hugo Grotius
Dutch philosopher and jurist (1583–1645)
"Hugo de Groot" redirects here. For the crash of the KLM plane known under that name, see KLM Flight 607-E.
Hugo Grotius | |
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Portrait of Hugo Grotius van Mierevelt, 1631 | |
| Born | 10 April 1583 Delft, County of Holland, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 28 August 1645 (aged 62) Rostock, Swedish Pomerania |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Natural law, humanism |
| Academic advisors | Justus Lipsius |
Main interests | Philosophy of war, international law, political philosophy |
Notable ideas | Theory of natural rights, grounding just war principles in natural law, governmental theory of atonement |
Hugo Grotius (GROH-shee-əss; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Hugo de Groot[a] (Dutch:[ˈɦyɣoːdəˈɣroːt]) or Huig de Groot (Dutch:[ˈɦœyɣdəˈɣroːt]), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat