Simon van Groenewegen van der Made (1613, Delft – 5 July 1652, Delft)Molhuysen
Groenewegen van der Made, (Simon)
in the

Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek The ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (''NNBW'') is a biographical reference work in the Dutch language. It has been succeeded by the '' Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''. It was published in ten parts between 1911 and 1937 b ...

was a Dutch jurist. Born in Delft, he studied law in

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, practiced as an advocate in

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and was since about 1645 city clerk of Delft. He gained renown as a commentator of

Grotius Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright. A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delft ...

and for his ''Tractatus de legibus abrogatis et inusitatis in Hollandia vicinisque regionibus'', a ''censura'' that indicated which parts of Roman law still applied in Holland. It remains the leading work on Roman law in the Netherlands.

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* 1613 births 1652 deaths Dutch jurists Leiden University alumni People from Delft {{Netherlands-law-bio-stub