biography
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| (1785–1848)
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| biography:
| US statesman and maritime jurist, born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He studied at Rhode Island College, edited the National Advocate in New York City (1812–15), where for four years he was a justice of the Marine Court, and became a reporter for the Supreme Court (1816–27). He was chargé d'affaires at Copenhagen (1827–35), and minister at Berlin (1835–46). His major work, Elements of International Law, was first published in 1836 and became a standard work. |
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