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Also Known As Huigh de Groot
Born April 10, 1583 ‱ Delft ‱ Netherlands
Died August 28, 1645 (aged 62) ‱ Rostock ‱ Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Notable Works “Adamus Exul” ‱ “Annales et Historiae de Rebus Belgicis” ‱ “De Jure Praedae” ‱ “De Veritate Religionis Christianae” ‱ “Mare Liberum” ‱ “On the Law of War and Peace” ‱ “Pontifex Romanus”

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