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Show i I I TR0F. M0MMSEN, FOREMOST GERMAN j 1 JURIST AND HISTORIAN, DEAD I j I IpT Y4 ; l'rof. Theodor Mommsen, who dleil st llorlln Nov. 1, wnn tho foremost Jurist and historian of (lermnny. Prof. Mommsen was nearly Kd yearn old. Ho wan born at flardlng. formerly l)nu Ish BchloHWIg. Nov. .10. U17. and was professor of law al tho ago of So In tho University of I-clpxIc. In lxr.5 ho occupied tho samo position nt Zurich, going thenco iiucccssivcly to llreslau, llorlln, I.rlpJc, and again to Ilerlln. whom ho wan tried In 1!2 on a chnrgn of having slandered lilnniarck but ho wan acquitted. Ills workn corf ' stnt chlelly of hlHtoncfll studies of Italy, and his history of Homo Is masterpiece. Prof. Mommnen favored tho Hoots during tho Houth African w-ur. and at the tlmo uttered severe strictures on llrltaln's policy. |