deaths
October 13, 1694
Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1632)
Samuel von Pufendorf
Samuel von Pufendorf was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes and Hugo Grotius.