Hippolyte Rolin, (born Kortrijk 6 September 1804; died Ghent 8 March 1888) was a lawyer and Belgian Minister of Public Works 1848-1850.
Hippolyte Rolin was the father of
Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns
Gustave Henri Ange Hippolyte Rolin-Jaequemyns (31 January 1835 – 9 January 1902) was a Belgian lawyer, diplomat and Minister of the Interior (1878–1884) as a member of the Liberal Party (Belgium), Unitarian Liberal Party.
He is the son of H ...
and of , and the uncle by marriage of
Joseph Hellebaut
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. Rolin studied at the
University of Ghent
Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium.
Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o ...
where he finished his studies in 1827
with distinction. He then went to upgrade to Berlin where he attended seminars of Savigny and Hegel.
During his tenure as Minister of Public Works, Rolin was responsible for the creation of the first Belgian postage stamp, the
so-called Epaulettes type, in 1849.
Writings
*''Of delictorum probatione'', Ghent, 1826.
*''Of juridictione judicum nostrorum erga extraneos'', 1827.
References
1804 births
1888 deaths
People from Kortrijk
19th-century Belgian politicians
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