Resume
About Me
My career has been a series of ups and downs, starting out as a child prodigy, getting involved in religious sectarianism which earned me a life sentence, which I fortunately were able to circumvent, followed by prestigious academic and diplomatic roles and finally by barely surviving being shipwrecked.
Experience
Swedish Ambassador to France
Paris | 1634–1645
- Appointed directly by Swedish regent Axel Oxelstierna.
- Helped negotiate a treaty which led to the end of the Thirty Years' War.
Freelance Academic
Mainly working from France | 1621–1631
- I have three major publications from my time in France.
- The most well-received publication was On the law of war and peace, published in Parision press in 1625.
Pensionary of Rotterdam
Town Delegation of Rotterdam | 1613-1616
Pensionary is a type of governor role in the Netherlands.
- I dealt with issues of the freedom of the seas.
- I led a delegation to England in protest of the English actions, who had seized Dutch vessels under the claim that they were trespassing on British sea.
- While the protest was unsuccessful, the principles I argued for later became international law.
Interests
Latin Elegies
Natural Law
Calvinism
Just Wars
Languages
Dutch
Native Language
- Hollandish accent
Latin
Private Lessons
1588-1598
French
French Classes
Ecole de Paris | 1621–1623