MARTENS, GEORG FRIEDRICH VON

born Feb. 22, 1756, Hamburg died Feb. 21, 1821, Frankfurt am Main Hanoverian diplomat, professor of jurisprudence at the University of Gttingen from 1783, the original editor of what remains the largest collection of treaties in the world. He singlehandedly edited Recueil des traits, covering treaties from 1761, through the first seven volumes (17911801) and collaborated with his nephew Karl von Martens in editing four additional volumes (180208). The Martenses and numerous later scholars prepared Nouveau recueil gnral des traits, dealing with treaties from 1808 (112 vol., 18171944).