Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (born 1583)

Hugo Grotius

Dutch philosopher and jurist (1583–1645)

Hugo Grotius, also known as Hugo de Groot or Huig de Groot, was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet and playwright. A teenage prodigy, he was born in Delft and studied at Leiden University. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his…