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Ian Brownlie was born on 19 September, 1932 in Bootle, Liverpool, England, is a British barrister and professor (1932–2010). Discover Ian Brownlie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Occupation Barrister
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 19 September 1932
Birthday 19 September
Birthplace Bootle, Liverpool, England
Date of death January 3, 2010
Died Place Cairo, Egypt
Nationality Liverpool

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1932

Sir Ian Brownlie, (19 September 1932, Liverpool – 3 January 2010, Cairo) was an English barrister and academic, specialising in international law.

1952

He then attended Hertford College, Oxford as a Gibbs Scholar in 1952 and received a first-class BA in law in 1953.

Speaking of this time, C H S Fifoot described Brownlie his "ablest student".

He was the Vinerian Scholar with the highest marks on the BCL.

1955

He was a Humanitarian Trust Student at King's College, Cambridge in 1955 where he studied public international law.

1957

He began his academic career at the University of Nottingham as a lecturer from 1957 to 1963.

In 1957, Brownlie married Jocelyn Gale with whom he had one son and two daughters; the marriage was dissolved in 1975.

1958

He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1958; he began practice some years later in 1967 at 2 Crown Office Row.

1961

He completed his DPhil at Oxford in 1961 under the supervision of Humphrey Waldock, his thesis being later published in 1963 as International Law and the Use of Force by States.

1963

He was a fellow and tutor in law at Wadham College, Oxford from 1963 to 1976 and a University of Oxford lecturer from 1964 to 1976.

1968

He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain until the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

1973

He was reader of public international law at the Inns of Court School of law from 1973 to 1976.

1974

He was editor of The British Yearbook of International Law from 1974 to 1999.

Brownlie was a Fellow of the British Academy and his memberships included the International Law Association and the Institut de Droit International.

1976

He received the higher doctorate DCL from Oxford in 1976.

In 1976, he took silk.

He was appointed professor of international law at the London School of Economics between 1976 and 1980.

1978

He remarried in 1978, marrying Christine Apperley.

1979

He was lecturer at The Hague Academy of International Law in 1979 and 1995.

He served as an advisor to United States President Jimmy Carter during the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis.

The cases in which he argued before the International Court of Justice include Nicaragua v. United States, Nauru v. Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro, the Pedra Branca dispute, Libya v. United Kingdom, Libya v. United States, and Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda.

He also argued several important cases before the European Court of Human Rights, including Cyprus v. Turkey. In total, he argued over 40 contentious cases before the ICJ.

1980

He was Chichele Professor of Public International Law from 1980 to 1999.

Brownlie was born in Bootle, Liverpool; his father worked for an insurance company.

He was evacuated during the Second World War to Heswell, near Wirral, going a year without any formal education after the local school was bombed.

He attended Alsop High School.

From 1980 to 1999, he was Chichele Professor of Public International Law and a Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford; he was appointed a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls in 2004.

1982

He was director of studies at the International Law Association from 1982 to 1991.

1997

He was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1997 until his resignation in 2008.

1999

He retired from Oxford in 1999, upon reaching the statutory mandated retirement age.

He also represented Amnesty International at the extradition trial of Chilean coup-leader Augusto Pinochet before the English courts in 1999.

2006

In 2006, he was awarded the Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award for international law.

2009

He was knighted in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

2010

He was a tenant at Blackstone Chambers from 1983 until his death on 3 January 2010.

Brownlie died in a car accident in Cairo on 3 January 2010; his wife and daughter were also in the car, his wife breaking ribs and his daughter Rebecca was killed alongside him.

The man driving the vehicle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Brownlie's wife Christine Brownlie brought an action suing for damage which occurred in England even though the accident occurred in Egypt; the case was decided in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in.

The court found in favour of Christine Brownlie in what was described as a landmark ruling.

Several of Brownlie's published works are considered standard texts in their fields: