Hugo Grotius, that is. Also known as Hugo de Groot. Born this day, April 10, 1583, in Delft, Netherlands. Happy 440th, Hugo.
Yes, he’s a key figure in property rights as natural rights and international law, but most interestingly may have escaped an unjust confinement in the above-pictured box from Castle Loevestein.
Go here for that story. For more, see “Quest for the Hugo de Groot book chest.”
Double-trouble: property rights maven and able to pull a Houdini? I am Groot!