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Nécrologie On April 17th, 2015, Nicolaas van der Wal peacefully died, just short of celebrating his 90th birthday. For the ‘Groningen School of Legal Byzantinists’ his death means the loss of the last of its founding fathers 1 . Nico (as he was called for short) van der Wal’s career was to a certain extent the result of chance. Blessed with an excellent set of brains, he could in principle have chosen from a variety of possibilities. That he became a lawyer was just one of these quirks of fate. Not coming from a wealthy background, going to university meant that he was dependent on obtaining a scholarship. There was no doubt of his intellectual ability: he had passed the exams of ‘Gymnasium-β’ in his native city of Leeuwarden with flying colours, and was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study in Groningen. His first choice was chemistry, but when that proved to be not of his liking, he had to choose a curriculum that could be completed within the remaining years of that scholarship. The best option therefore seemed to be law. Among the students of his year he did not stand out by his enthusiasm or http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit Brill

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Brill
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0040-7585
eISSN
1571-8190
DOI
10.1163/15718190-08334p12
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Abstract

On April 17th, 2015, Nicolaas van der Wal peacefully died, just short of celebrating his 90th birthday. For the ‘Groningen School of Legal Byzantinists’ his death means the loss of the last of its founding fathers 1 . Nico (as he was called for short) van der Wal’s career was to a certain extent the result of chance. Blessed with an excellent set of brains, he could in principle have chosen from a variety of possibilities. That he became a lawyer was just one of these quirks of fate. Not coming from a wealthy background, going to university meant that he was dependent on obtaining a scholarship. There was no doubt of his intellectual ability: he had passed the exams of ‘Gymnasium-β’ in his native city of Leeuwarden with flying colours, and was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study in Groningen. His first choice was chemistry, but when that proved to be not of his liking, he had to choose a curriculum that could be completed within the remaining years of that scholarship. The best option therefore seemed to be law. Among the students of his year he did not stand out by his enthusiasm or

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The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du DroitBrill

Published: Dec 10, 2015

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