the notice
of Napoleon, who made him a Count of the Empire and sent him upon several
important missions. During the Emperor's exile in Elba he again went to
England. He returned during the Hundred Days and accompanied Napoleon to
St. Helena. Here he recorded day by day the conversations of the great
exile. At the end of eighteen months he was exiled by Sir Hudson Lowe to
the Cape of Good Hope. He returned to France after the death of Napoleon
and became a Deputy under Louis Philippe. His _Memorial de
Sainte-Helene_, published in 1823-1824, secured a great success.
{244a} Holtzendorff, Franz von (1829-1889), was Professor of
Jurisprudence first at Berlin and afterwards at Munich, where he died. He
wrote many books concerned with crime and its punishment, with the prison
systems of the world, etc. His _Enzyklopadie der Rechtswissenschaft in
systematischer und alphabetischer Bearbeitung_ was first published at
Leipzig in 1870 and 1871.
{244b} Jhering, Rudolph von (1818-1892), was for a time professor at
Basle, Rostock, Kiel and Vienna. His _Geist des romischen Rechts auf den
verschiedenen Stufen seiner Entwickelung_ appeared in Leipzig between
1852 and 1865, and is counted a classic in jurisprudence.
{244c} Geib, Karl Gustav (1808-1864). An eminent criminologist. Was a
Professor of Zurich and afterwards of Tubingen, where he died. Wrote
many books, of which the most important was his _Geschichte des romischen
Kriminalprozesses bis zum Tode Justinians_ in 1842. His _Lehrbuch des
deutschen Strafrechts_ appeared in 1861 and 1862, but was never
completed.
{245a} Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner (1822-1888). Jurist; born in
Kelso, Scotland; educated at Christ's Hospital, London, and at Pembroke
College, Cambridge; was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge, 1847-
54. In 1862 he became a legal member of Council in India and held the
office for seven years. In 1871 he became a K.C.S.I. and had a seat on
the Indian Council. In 1877 he was elected Master of Trinity Hall,
Cambridge, and in 1887 became Whewell Professor of International Law at
Cambridge. He died at Cannes. His principal work is his _Ancient Law_:
_its Connexion with the Early History of Society and its Relation to
Modern Ideas_, first published in 1861.
{245b} Gierke, Otto Friedrich (1841- still living), was born in Stettin;
was Professor of Law in Breslau, Heidelberg and Berlin successively.
Served in the Franco-German War of 1870.
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