Augusto Pierantoni
Illustration — Pierantoni photographed by Mario Nunes Vais Augusto Pierantoni (June 1840 in Chieti – March 12, 1911 in Rome) was an Italian jurist, professor, and politician in the Kingdom of Italy. He was also one of the founding members of the Institut de Droit International. • Illustration — Dell'abolizione della pena di morte, 1865
Augusto Pierantoni
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- 1840 · Chieti.
- Died
- 1911 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- politician · university teacher · lawyer · poet · jurist
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Pierantoni photographed by Mario Nunes Vais Augusto Pierantoni (June 1840 in Chieti – March 12, 1911 in Rome) was an Italian jurist, professor, and politician in the Kingdom of Italy. He was also one of the founding members of the Institut de Droit International. • Illustration — Dell'abolizione della pena di morte, 1865
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Augusto Pierantoni (1840–1911) was a jurist, lawyer and poet, among other activities, of Italian nationality. The jurist was born in Chieti and died in Rome.
Augusto Pierantoni worked for Sapienza University of Rome and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and was a member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Institut de Droit International. The jurist held the positions of President of the Institut de Droit International and senator of the Kingdom of Italy. Languages used include Italian.
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The recorded working language is Italian. Employment is recorded with University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Sapienza University of Rome. Positions recorded include senator of the Kingdom of Italy and member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy.
Pierantoni was Ministerial Secretary in Turin, and later a professor of constitutional law and international law at the Universities of Modena (1865), Naples (1871) and Rome (1876). He also was a member of the Italian Senate in 1883. In 1885 he represented his country at the Paris Conference on shipping in the Suez Canal. In September 1873, together with ten other lawyers from various countries he founded the Institut de Droit International in the Belgian city of Ghent. This was a private organization concerned with the development of international law. For his work in international law, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1904, but the Institut as a whole received the award for that year.
Personal life
Personal life
He was married in 1868 to the poet Grazia Mancini, a daughter of the lawyer Pasquale Stanislao Mancini who was also a founder of the Institut de Droit International and its first president.
Works
Works
• Anna di Messina, 1860 (historical drama). • (On the Abolition of the Death Penalty) • Il progresso del diritto pubblico e delle genti (The Progress of Public Law of Nations), Modena 1866; German translation, Vahlen, Berlin 1899 • Il giuramento: storia, legge, politica (The oath: history, law, politics), Rome 1883 • Gli avvocati di Roma antica (The Lawyers of Ancient Rome), Zanichelli, Bologna 1900 • Storia degli studi del diritto internazionale in Italia (History of Studies of International Law in Italy), Florence 1902
Career and activity
Career and activity
He was employed by University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Sapienza University of Rome. Recorded positions include senator of the Kingdom of Italy, member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy and President of the Institut de Droit International. He belonged to Institut de Droit International and Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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Augusto Pierantoni is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as politician, university teacher, lawyer, poet and jurist.
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1840
Augusto Pierantoni was born on 24 June 1840.
1911
Augusto Pierantoni died on 12 March 1911.
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