Aernout Philip Theodoor Eyssell

His father was the lawyer Martinus Eyssell (1807–1888) and his mother Henriëtte Elsabine Vreede (1813–1876).

He wrote an essay about the French lawyer Hugues Doneau and won the competition.

His manuscript – written in Latin – was translated into French and was published in 1860 under the title Doneau, sa vie et ses ouvrages.

L'école de Bourges; synthèse du Droit romain au XVIe siècle; son influence jusqu'à nos jours.

From 1880 to 1887 he was a member of the State Committees for the revision of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).