Raphael Lemkin
Polish lawyer
Raphael Lemkin was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is known for coining the term genocide and campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention. During the Second World War, he campaigned vigorously to raise international outrage against... Wikipedia
Born: June 24, 1900, Bezvodno, Belarus
Died: August 28, 1959 (age 59 years), New York, NY
Education: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (1921–1926), Jagiellonian University (1919–1921), and Heidelberg University
Known for: Coining the term genocide; Drafting the Genocide Convention
Nationality: Polish
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