Travers Twiss

Sir Travers Twiss ( born March 19, 1809 in London, † January 14, 1897 ) was a British lawyer.

Life

Travers Twiss was the eldest son of Robert Twiss. He studied at University College, Oxford mathematics and Classical Philology, where he then worked as a tutor, dean and financial manager. In March 1838 Twiss Fellow of the Royal Society. Later he was also Professor of Political Economy (1842 ) and Civil Law (1855 ). From 1852 to 1855 he worked as a professor of international law at King's College London.1862 he married Marie of Lynnseele, which forced him to give up his office. As a substitute, he was elected an honorary professor.

In 1840 he was admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and subsequently worked at Doctors' Commons. Twiss gained a lot of practical experience in ecclesiastical courts. His successful career continued in the civil courts and in addition he was appointed in 1862 to the Advocate General of the Admiralty, and in 1867, Advocate General of the Queen. In 1867 he was knighted.

1855 Twiss was appointed Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford. The professorship he held until 1870.

At the invitation of the Belgian king, Leopold II, he was a constitution for the future of the Congo Free State design at the Berlin Conference.