Tobias Asser
Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913)
- Fame52.4
- Momentum0.0
- Lawyers rank#244
Source-basedFalling
- Fame52.4
- Momentum0.0
- Lawyers rank#244
- Wikipedia1.1K
Lived 1838–1913, aged 75
LawyersLawyer
Network
In their orbit
People connected to Tobias Asser
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09
A Dutch lawyer who spent decades translating international disputes into legal process rather than war — and won the 1911 Nobel Peace Prize for building the institutions that made arbitration possible.
Biography
About
Tobias Michael Carel Asser was born on 28 April 1838 in the Netherlands and trained as a lawyer and legal scholar. His work centered on creating permanent structures for resolving conflict between nations through law, not force. At the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899, he played a central role in establishing the Permanent Court of Arbitration — a standing body where states could submit disputes to neutral judges. He also founded the Hague Conference on Private International Law, which standardized rules across borders for commerce, family law, and civil matters. In 1911, he was awarded th…
Gallery
Photos
8 images · refresh overdue
Where to find them
Platforms
No platforms connected yet.
By the numbers
Score breakdown
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Fame
Falling52.4
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical22.0
Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
Receipts
Sources
- WikipediaHigh confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- WikidataHigh confidencewikidata · wikidata.org
- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
Discover
You might know
Similar profiles worth watching
_(cropped_2).jpg?width=1200)
.jpg?width=1200)
_(cropped_3-4).jpg?width=1200)
_(cropped).jpg?width=1200)