Vattel

Vattel, EMÉRIC DE, writer on the law of nations, was born at Courêt, in Nenfchâtel (then Prussian), 25th August 1714. Trained for the church, he entered the diplomatic service of Saxony, and from 1746 till 1764 was Saxon representative at Bern. Here he published several works, but became known for his Droit des Gens (1758), which contained little that was new, but abridged and systematised the doctrines of Grotius, Puffendorf, and Wolf. It was often edited and translated, and had a greater vogue than it deserved. Vattel died 28th December 1767.