Ernest Nys was a Belgian lawyer and a professor of Public International Law at the University of Brussels.
11 Facts About Ernest Nys
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Ernest Nys served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
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Ernest Nys was born in 1851 in Kortrijk, Belgium and studied law at the Universities of Ghent, Heidelberg, Leipzig and Berlin.
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Ernest Nys then worked as a lawyer in Antwerp and Brussels.
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Ernest Nys succeeded Alphonse Rivier as Professor of International Law at the University of Brussels, following the death of Professor Rivier in 1898.
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Ernest Nys was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
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Ernest Nys was particularly interested in the historical development of international law and translated works of English legal scholars James Lorimer and John Westlake.
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Ernest Nys was a member of the Institut de Droit International from 1892 to his death.
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Ernest Nys was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize from 1906 through 1916 and again in 1919 for his commitment to international arbitration.
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Ernest Nys was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1908.
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Ernest Nys was an honorary member of the American Society of International Law.