Eduard Meijers

Eduard Meijers
Eduard Meijers
	Meijers in 1917
Born	10 January 1880; Den Helder, Netherlands
Died	25 June 1954 (aged 74); Leiden, Netherlands
Known for	Developing the Dutch Civil Code
Spouse	Tonij Gottschalk (m. 1909)
Children	4
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam
Thesis	Dogmatische rechtswetenschap (1903)
Doctoral advisor	Johannes Houwing
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	Private law; private international law;
Institutions	Leiden University
Doctoral students	Rudolph Cleveringa; Derk Spitzen; Arthur Diemer Kool; Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen; Franz Lichtenauer; Johannes Christiaan de Wet; Pieter verLoren van Themaat;

Eduard Maurits Meijers (10 January 1880 in Den Helder – 25 June 1954 in Leiden) was a Dutch jurist of Jewish background, who was the founding father of the current Dutch civil code, the Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek.