Georg Friedrich Von Martens


Martens, Georg Friedrich Von

 

Born Feb. 22, 1756, in Hamburg; died Feb. 21, 1821, in Frankfurt am Main. German jurist and diplomat, expert in international law.

Martens became a professor at the University of Gottingen in 1783. From 1814 to 1816 he was counsellor of the king of Hanover. From 1816 to 1821 he served as representative of the kingdom of Hanover in the German Confederation in Frankfurt. Martens wrote a number of works on international law, including Basic Features of Practical European International Law (1785). Starting in 1776, Martens published collections of international agreements; the collections continue to be published in West Germany today under the title Continuation of the Collection ofG. F. Martens.