Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elisabeth Mann Borgese

Canadian German-born expert in maritime law, ecologist

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1918

Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Feb-2002

Profession: writer, university teacher, ecologist

Nationality: Canada, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Elisabeth Veronika Mann Borgese, (April 24, 1918 – February 8, 2002) was an internationally recognized expert on maritime law and policy and the protection of the environment.
Called "the mother of the oceans", she has received the Order of Canada and awards from the governments of Austria, China, Colombia, Germany, the United Nations and the World Conservation Union.Elisabeth was a child of Nobel Prize winning German author Thomas Mann and his wife Katje.
Born in Germany, Elisabeth experienced displacement due to the rise of the Nazi Party and became a citizen first of Czechoslovakia, then of the United States of America, and finally of Canada.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese worked as a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California and as a university professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
She became a proponent of international cooperation and world government.
In 1968, she was one of the founding members – and for a long time the only female member – of the Club of Rome. In 1970 she organized the first international conference on the law of the sea, "Pacem in Maribus" ("Peace in the Oceans") in Malta, and helped to establish the International Ocean Institute (IOI) at the Royal University of Malta.
From 1973 to 1982, Mann Borgese helped to develop the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
She also helped to establish the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.