Julius Ludovicus Maria Sabbe (14 February 1846 in

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– 3 July 1910 in

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) was a

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publisher and an active member of the

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. From 24 September 1869 on, he taught

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at the Koninklijk Atheneum (E: Royal Atheneum) of Bruges. Between 1874 and 1881, he published the monthly magazine ''De Halletoren'', which was succeeded by the liberal magazine ''Brugsche Beiaard'', of which he was the editor, from 1881 up to 1910. He was a staunch supporter of the creation of a seaport for

. When the Flemish weekly ''Het Volksbelang'' was founded in 1867, by

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, he was one of the editors together with Jozef Van Hoorde,

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, and Adolf Hoste. In 1877 he was awarded by the

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for his

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''Klokke Roelandt''. He took the initiative for the creation of a statue for Jan Breydel and

Pieter de Coninck Pieter de Coninck (died 1332 or 1333) was a weaver from Bruges well known for his role in the events surrounding the Battle of the Golden Spurs. He was not the head of the weavers' guild as is popularly believed (mostly because he was portraye ...

, which was inaugurated in 1887. He was the father of Maurits Sabbe.

Bibliography

* Eenige mannenbeelden (Ghent, 1870) * Het nationaal beginsel in de Vlaamsche schilderkunst (Ghent, 1874) * De Taal is gansch het Volk, speech (Antwerp, 1875) * Groot en Klein, speech (Ghent, 1876) * Help u zelven, speech (Antwerp, 1877) * De Klokke Roeland, cantata (Bruges, 1877) * Brugge's ontwaking, van Eyck's-cantata (Bruges, 1878) * Grootmoedersvertelboek, by Julius Sabbe and A. Vermast (Bruges, 1883)

References

* Julius Sabbe en de herleving van Brugge: Een bundel met bijdragen van Kris Carlier (et al.), Liberaal Archief (1996),
Julius Sabbe

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House of Julius Sabbe in Bruges
1846 births 1910 deaths Writers from Ghent Flemish activists Flemish writers {{Belgium-writer-stub

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