Félix Magnette (9 December 1868 – 1942) was a Belgian historian from

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Life

Magnette was born in

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on 9 December 1868 and was educated at the Athénée de Liège and

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, where he studied under

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, and graduated in 1892 with a Ph.D. on

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and navigation on the Scheldt, supervised by Eugène Hubert. His first article, "Guillaume d'Orange et la Pacification de Gand", was published in the ''Revue de l'Instruction Publique'' in 1891. In 1893 he was awarded a travel bursary and spent two years studying abroad in Vienna, Munich and Paris.

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Félix Magnette (1868–1942)
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Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire ''Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire – Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis'', abbreviated RBPH/BTFG or simply RBPH, is a scholarly journal in the fields of philology and history, published in Belgium since 1922. Since 1953 ...

'', 21 (1942), pp. 689-692. On his return he spent three years teaching at the Athénée de Mons and another two at the Athénée de Chimay, transferring to the Athénée de Liège in 1901. He was to remain there for another twenty-seven years, in his free time carrying out historical research that applied the standards of academic research to local history. In 1923 an opening at the university provided him an opportunity to teach at an academic level part-time, and in 1928 he transferred to the university full-time. He retired in 1939, but returned to teaching in 1940 to replace a colleague who had been called up and become a prisoner of war. His brother was the politician Charles Magnette.

Publications

Magnette published numerous articles in the ''Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois'', the ''Chronique archéologique du Pays de Liège'', ''La Vie wallonne'' and the ''

''. His best known work was ''Précis d'histoire liégeoise'' (1924), which was awarded a prize by Liège city council as a work that could be used in schools to "extend knowledge of the rich and eventful past of our city". Bruno Demoulin, "Introduction", in ''History of Liège'', edited by Bruno Demoulin (Brussels and Liège, 2017), p. 11. His other books include: * ''Les émigrés français aux Pays-Bas (1789-1794)'' (Brussels, Hayez, 1907)

References

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