Édouard Descamps
Eugen Édouard Francois baron Descamps[1] (1847–1933) was a Belgian jurist and politician, known as a contributor to international law.[2]
Family
He was the son of Edouard-J. Descamps and Sylvie Van der Elst. He married to Maria David-Fischbach Malacord (1860-1921), who gave him three sons, of whom one died.
- Pierre Descamps, baron Descamps 1884-1965
- Emmanuel Descamps, baron 1886-1968
Career
He was a law professor at the University of Louvain, and it was at his suggestion that a committee of the League of Nations proposed an international court of justice.[3]
Between 1901-1907 and 1911-1914 he was president of the Senate, succedes until 1910 as Minister of sciences and arts.
Honours
Belgium: Minister of State, By Royal Decree.- Belgium: Created Baron Descamps, by Royal Decree in 1904.
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. [4]
- Belgium: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown, RD in 1919[5]
France: Knight Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.[6]
Italy: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown of Italy.[7]- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[8]
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Rising Sun.[9]
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Phoenix.[10]
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown. [11]
Notes
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Peace, 1901-1956, entry Chevalier Edouard Eugène F Descamps.
- ^ Dominik J. Schaller; Jürgen Zimmerer (13 September 2013). The Origins of Genocide: Raphael Lemkin as a Historian of Mass Violence. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-317-99042-0.
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
- ^ http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DESCAMPS.HTM
