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State University Of Leuven
The State University of Leuven () was a university founded in 1817 in Leuven in Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was distinct from the Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) and from the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), Catholic University of Leuven, founded in 1834, which moved from Mechlin to Leuven after the State University had been closed in 1835. History The State University of Leuven was founded by William I of the Netherlands, King William I of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1817 in Leuven. This continued the history of having a major university in Leuven, with the Old University of Leuven having been active from 1425 to 1797, and the State University used the same campus and facilities. A dozen professors that had taught at the Old University taught at the State University, including: * , professor at the Old University of Louvain * Jean Philippe Debruyn, professor at the Old University of Louvain starting 1794. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the deelgemeente, sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, Wijgmaal and part of Haasrode, Leuven, Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo, Leuven, Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. Leuven has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. KU Leuven, the largest Dutch-speaking university in the world and the largest university in the Low Countries (and thus also Belgium's largest university), has its flagship campus in Leuven. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe Dechamps
Adolphe Deschamps (; also Dechamps ; 17 June 1807 – 19 July 1875) was a Belgian statesman and publisher, the brother of Cardinal Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps. He entered public life about 1830 and soon became popular through his contributions to several Catholic newspapers. Having founded, with his friend Pierre de Decker, the '' Revue de Bruxelles'', he advocated in that paper a system of parliamentary government which was termed "government of the centres". The ministries were to be composed of Catholics and Liberals and to be supported by the moderate elements of the two parties. The scheme worked for some years. In 1834 Dechamps was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, where his talent as an orator soon secured him a prominent position. In 1836 he participated very actively in the discussion of the bill on the organization of the communes, and in 1839 he opposed the Treaty of London, 1839. The great powers had imposed that treaty on Belgium and the Nether ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippoliet Van Peene
Hippoliet Jan Van Peene (1 January 1811 in Kaprijke – 19 February 1864 in Ghent) was a Belgian physician and playwright. He studied medicine at the State University of Leuven The State University of Leuven () was a university founded in 1817 in Leuven in Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was distinct from the Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) and from the Catholic University of L ... and became a physician in Kaprijke and later in Ghent. In 1847 he wrote the lyrics of the Flemish anthem " De Vlaamse Leeuw" of which the music was composed by Karel Miry. He was the first modern Flemish playwright and he wrote 35 theatre plays, which in his time were performed by ''Broedermin en Taelyver'' in Ghent. At the inauguration of the Minard Theatre in 1847, his ''Brigitta of de Twee Vondelingen'' was performed. Bibliography * ''Keizer Karel en de Berchemsche Boer'', comedy, 1841 * ''Jacob van Artevelde'', historical drama, 1841 * ''Willem van D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Du Bus De Gisignies
Bernard Aimé Léonard du Bus de Gisignies (21 June 1808 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – 6 July 1874 in Bad Ems) was a Dutch nobleman and later on a Belgium, Belgian politician. He was a collector of arts, books, an ornithologist and paleontologist. Biography De Gisignies was born in Tournai the second son of Leonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies. He studied law at the State University of Louvain, but soon became more interested in ornithology. In 1835 he presented a manuscript to the The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, Royal Academy of Belgium in which described the bird ''Leptorhynchus pectoralis'' (the banded stilt). He became a member of parliament for Soignies in 1835 and senator for Diksmuide from 1867 to 1874. De Gisignies became the first director of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in 1846. On this occasion he donated 2474 birds from his own collection to the museum. In 1860, during the construction of new fortifications around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Van Dievoet
Augustus Van Dievoet (, Latin: Augustus Divutius, French: Auguste Van Dievoet, 3 May 180331 October 1865) was a Belgian legal historian and Supreme Court advocate. His son, Jules Van Dievoet, also a Supreme Court advocate, married Marguerite Anspach (1852-1934), the daughter of Jules Anspach, who served as burgomaster of Brussels in 1863–1879. Biography Augustus Van Dievoet studied at the Imperial Lyceum of Brussels (''Lycée Imperial de Bruxelles''). Van Dievoet demonstrated an exceptional capacity for academic work, excelling in his study of humanities and winning numerous prizes in Latin and Greek humanities at the college. He went on to study law at the State University of Louvain, where he received his doctorate in law on 24 March 1827. Van Dievoet was called to the bar on 7 April 1827 and became a member of the Bar Association between 1838 and 1848. Around this time, Van Dievoet became a judge at the Court of First Instance of Brussels and a member of the Board of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Van De Weyer
Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802 – 23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician who served as the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James's, effectively the ambassador to the United Kingdom, and briefly, as the prime minister of Belgium, all under King Leopold I. Early life Van de Weyer was born in Louvain on 19 January 1802. He was the son of Josse-Alexandre Van de Weyer (1769–1838) and Françoise Martine (née Goubau) Van de Weyer (1780–1853). He was the grandson of Jean-Baptiste (or Jean-Sylvain) Van de Weyer, who was from a bourgeois family of Bautersem, and Josse Goubeau, ''commissaire de police'' de la ''quatrième section'' de Bruxelles. In 1811, his family relocated to Amsterdam. The family returned to Louvain when his father was named police commissioner for the city. Jean-Sylvain studied law at the State University of Louvain and set up as a lawyer in Brussels in 1823. Career As a lawyer, he frequently defended newspapers and journalists that ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand De Meeûs
Ferdinand de Meeûs (1798–1861) was a Belgian banker, businessman and politician. He founded the Society for the Enlargement and Embellishment of Belgium in 1838, which attempted to promote Brussels as a capital. References 1798 births 1861 deaths Belgian bankers 19th-century Belgian businesspeople Belgian nobility 19th-century writers in Latin Members of the National Congress of Belgium State University of Leuven alumni {{Belgium-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Gendebien
Alexandre Joseph Célestin Gendebien (Mons, Belgium, Mons, 4 May 1789 – Brussels, 6 December 1869) was a lawyer in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium, where he also became minister of Justice. He played an important role during the Belgian Revolution, together with his colleague Sylvain Van de Weyer. He was a proponent of Belgian union with France, and adversary of William I of the Netherlands. References * 80 pages. Members of the National Congress of Belgium 1789 births 1869 deaths People from Mons, Belgium Ministers of justice of Belgium Dutch lawyers {{Belgium-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Bernhardi
Karl Christian Sigismund Bernhardi (5 October 1799, Ottrau – 1 August 1874, Kassel) was a German librarian and politician. He studied theology at the University of Marburg, and afterwards worked as a private tutor in Brussels. He furthered his education at the State University of Leuven, where he subsequently received the post of university librarian. In 1829 he relocated to Kassel as successor to Jakob Grimm at the Kassel State Library.ADB:Bernhardi, Karl Christian Sigismund at In Kassel he was deeply involved with political, social and cultural concerns. In 1834 he co-founded the ''Anstalt zur E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric De Reiffenberg
Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg (14 November 1795 — 18 April 1850) was a baron, Belgian writer, historian-medievalist, and linguist. He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, as well as a member of the Academic Senate and professor at the State University of Leuven. Biography Reiffenberg was professor of philosophy at the State University of Leuven from 1822, and gave lectures on medieval history at the University of Liège from 1835. Accused of plagiarism, he was almost deprived of his chair, was dismissed from the examination board and left Liège.Louise Noëlle Malclès, in ''Bulletin de documentation bibliographique'' (''Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France''), 1961, n° 4, p. 179, review of the book by Fernand Remy, ''Aux origines de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique. Étude sur son personnel et ses méthodes de travail, 1837-1850'', Brussels, 1960. Malclès' review ionline In 1837, his friends got him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Van De Weyer
Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802 – 23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician who served as the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James's, effectively the ambassador to the United Kingdom, and briefly, as the prime minister of Belgium, all under King Leopold I. Early life Van de Weyer was born in Louvain on 19 January 1802. He was the son of Josse-Alexandre Van de Weyer (1769–1838) and Françoise Martine (née Goubau) Van de Weyer (1780–1853). He was the grandson of Jean-Baptiste (or Jean-Sylvain) Van de Weyer, who was from a bourgeois family of Bautersem, and Josse Goubeau, ''commissaire de police'' de la ''quatrième section'' de Bruxelles. In 1811, his family relocated to Amsterdam. The family returned to Louvain when his father was named police commissioner for the city. Jean-Sylvain studied law at the State University of Louvain and set up as a lawyer in Brussels in 1823. Career As a lawyer, he frequently defended newspapers and journalists that ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
