The Whewell Professorship of International Law is a professorship in the

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. The Professorship was established in 1868 by the will of the 19th-century

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and moral

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William Whewell William Whewell ( ; 24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved dist ...

, with a view to devising "such measures as may tend to diminish the

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and finally to extinguish war between nations".See via Internet Archive

Incumbents of the Whewell Professorship of International Law

Holders of the Whewell chair include four judges of the

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. *1869: Sir William Vernon Harcourt *1887: Sir

Henry James Sumner Maine Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, (15 August 1822 – 3 February 1888), was a British Whig comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book ''Ancient Law'' that law and society developed "from status to contract." ...

*1888: John Westlake *1908:

L. F. L. Oppenheim Lassa Francis Lawrence Oppenheim (30 March 1858 – 7 October 1919) was a German jurist. He is regarded by many as the father of the modern discipline of international law, especially the hard legal positivist school of thought. He inspired Josep ...

*1920: Alexander Pearce Higgins *1935: Lord

Arnold McNair Arnold Duncan McNair, 1st Baron McNair (4 March 1885 – 22 May 1975) was a British jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice and later the first president of the European Court of Human Rights. Early life and education McNair was b ...

*1938: Sir

Hersch Lauterpacht Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897 – 8 May 1960) was a British international lawyer, human rights activist, and judge at the International Court of Justice. Biography Hersh Lauterpacht was born on 16 August 1897 to a Jewish family in t ...

*1955: Sir Robert Jennings *1981: Sir

Derek Bowett Sir Derek William Bowett, (20 April 1927 – 23 May 2009) was an international lawyer and academic. He was appointed Whewell Professor of International Law in 1981 and was President of Queens' College, Cambridge 1970–1982. Early life and ed ...

*1992: Prof James Crawford *From 2016: Prof

Eyal Benvenisti Eyal Benvenisti ( he, איל בנבנשתי; born 1959) is an attorney and legal academic, and Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Anny and Paul Yanowicz Professor of Human Rights at Tel Aviv Unive ...

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Incumbents of the Whewell Professorship of International Law

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