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

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosophica ...

and moral philosopher,

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 ...

, with a view to devising "such measures as may tend to diminish the causes of war 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 *1888:

John Westlake John Westlake may refer to: * John Westlake (law scholar) John Westlake (4 February 1828 – 14 April 1913) was an English law scholar. Biography He was born at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, the son of a Cornish wool-stapler. He was educated at Lostw ...

*1908: L. F. L. Oppenheim *1920:

Alexander Pearce Higgins Alexander Pearce Higgins (24 April 1865 – 2 April 1935) was a British international law scholar. He was Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge (1920–1935), President of the Institut de Droit International (1929 ...

*1935: Lord Arnold McNair *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 Univ ...

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Incumbents of the Whewell Professorship of International Law

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