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Eugène Van Bemmel
Baron Eugène Van Bemmel (1824–1880) was a Belgian author and educator, born at Ghent. He studied law, but turned to literature. In 1849 he was called to the chair of French literature at the University of Brussels University of Brussels may refer to several institutions in Brussels, Belgium: Current institutions * Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university established as a separate entity in 1970 *Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), a D .... He was secretary of the Society of Belgian Authors and first director of the ''Revue Trimestrielle'', which he founded in 1854 and which in 1864 became the ''Revue de Belgique''. Publications Van Bemmel published: * ''De la langue et de la poésie provençales'' (1846) * ''Voyage à travers champs: la province de Luxembourg'' (1849) * ''L'harmonie des passions humaines'' (1854) * ''La Belgique illustrée'' (1855) * ''Etude sur le monuments druidiques'' (1857) * ''Histoire de Saint Josse-ten-Noode'' (1869) * ''L'Ourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city. The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde. With 262,219 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
