Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga (1878 to 1961) was a Dutch diplomat and legal scholar born in Noordwijkerhout. He served as a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1931 until the court's dissolution in 1945, while also holding professorships at the University of Groningen and Leiden University, where he was rector magnificus from 1928 to 1929. He took part in the Paris Peace Conference after the First World War and represented Dutch interests in League of Nations bodies, and was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1926. He wrote extensively on international law, particularly on river navigation rights, and died in Leiden in 1961. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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What part did Willem van Eysinga play in the creation and work of the League of Nations?
He helped negotiate the League Covenant in 1919 and sat in its Assembly for the Netherlands from 1920 to 1931.
After World War I, van Eysinga served as a member of the Dutch delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. There he took part in the negotiations leading to the Covenant of the League of Nations and to the portions of the Treaty of Versailles relating to the Rhine. From 1920 to 1931 he was a member of the Dutch representation in the Assembly of the League of Nations.
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Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga (31 January 1878 - 24 January 1961) was a Dutch diplomat and jurist. He served as a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1931 to 1945.
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Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga (31 January 1878 - 24 January 1961) was a Dutch diplomat and jurist.
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He served as a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1931 to 1945.
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was a Dutch diplomat and jurist
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Wikidata Q2576783, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1878
Wikidata Q2576783, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1878-01-31
Wikidata Q2576783, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1961
Wikidata Q2576783, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1961-01-24
Wikidata Q2576783, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Noordwijkerhout
Wikidata Q2576783, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Leiden
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