Baron Carlo Bronne (29 May 1901 - 25 July 1987) was a Belgian historian, magistrate and writer. He was born on 29 May 1901 in
Liège
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and died on 25 July 1987 in
Villance
Libin () is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
On 1 January 2019 the municipality, which covers 140.5 km2, had 5,223 inhabitants, giving a population density of 37.2 inhabitants per km2.
The municipa ...
.
Biography
Born in Liège, Carlo Bronne was a writer made
Baron
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of
Belgium
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, he mainly wrote about the history of his home country, he was a member of the Institut de France and the
, and occupied the seat of
Georges Virrès in the latter.
He signed the petition ''La Wallonie en alerte'' in 1947, a petition demanding that
Wallonia
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's number of seats in the national assembly would not be revised after the census showed that it was now a minority compared to
Flanders
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in Belgium until a settlement could be found.
In 1975, he becomes the recipient of the ''Prix quinquennal de litterature'' for all of his works.
Works
* Bronne (Carlo), ''
Albert
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Companies
* Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s
* Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic
* Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands
* Albert Market, a street mar ...
Ier le roi sans terre'', Bruxelles, Paul Legrain, 1983.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Belles étrangères en Belgique'', Bruxelles, Didier Hatier, 1986.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Bleu d'Ardenne'', Bruxelles, André De Rache, 1969.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Compère qu'as-tu vu? Mémoires'', Bruxelles,
Louis Musin
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
* ...
, 1975.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Des Andes au Kremlin'', Bruxelles, Goemaere, 1956.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Esquisses au crayon tendre'', Bruxelles, éditions Charles Dessart, 1942.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Esquisses au crayon tendre, suivi de la Porte d'exil'', Bruxelles, Biblis, 1954.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Financiers et comédiens au XVIII siècle'', Bruxelles, Goemaere, 1969.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Hommes de cœur et femmes de tête'', Bruxelles, Goemaere, 1958.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Hôtel de l'Aigle Noire'', Bruxelles, éditions du Mont des Arts, 1954, 464/3000 copy.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''
Joseph Lebeau
Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau (; 3 January 1794 – 19 March 1865) was a Belgian liberal statesman, the prime minister of Belgium on two occasions.
Biography
Born in Huy, he received his early education from an uncle who was parish priest in Hann ...
'', Bruxelles, La Renaissance du livre, 1944.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''
Jules Van Praet
Jules Van Praet (2 July 1806 – 29 December 1887) was a Belgian diplomat and personal secretary of King Leopold I of Belgium. He was born in Bruges, and died in Brussels aged 81.
Honours
* 1853: Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Leopold ...
, conseiller et confident de Léopold Ier'', Bruxelles, la belgothèque/Paul Legrain, 1983.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''L'Amalgame ou la Belgique de 1814 à 1830'', Bruxelles, Paul Legrain, new edition of the original of 1948 (''prix quinquennal de l'essai'' 1950).
* Bronne (Carlo), ''La Comtesse Le Hon'', Bruxelles,
La Renaissance du Livre
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
*La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...
, 1951.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''La Galerie des ancêtres'', Bruxelles, La Renaissance du livre, 1950.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''La Marquise Arconati dernière châtelaine de Gaasbeek'', Bruxelles, Les cahiers historiques, 1970 (original numbered edition : 714/1750)
* Bronne (Carlo), ''La Tapisserie royale'', Bruxelles, Durendal, 1952.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Le Promenoir des amis'', Bruxelles, André De Rache, 1967.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Le Temps des vendanges'', Mémoires, Bruxelles, Louis Musin éditeur, 1976.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''
Léopold Ier et son temps'', Bruxelles, 1980.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Les Abeilles du manteau'', Bruxelles, La Renaissance du livre, 1939 (anotated copy on van Gelder 20/30 paper)
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Les Roses de cire'', Bruxelles, André De Rache éditeur, 1972.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''Un Américain en Ardenne'', Bruxelles, André De Rache, 1974.
* Bronne (Carlo), ''La Conspiration des paniers percés'', Ed. B. Goemare, 1959
References
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1901 births
1987 deaths
Magistrates
20th-century Belgian historians
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