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Société Nationale De Crédit à L'Industrie
The Algemene Spaar- en Lijfrentekas / Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite (ASLK / CGER, ) was a major Belgian public bank, originally created in 1850 as a pension institution. It was acquired in stages between 1993 and 1998 by Fortis Group. In 1996 it took over Société Nationale de Crédit à l'Industrie (SNCI), another Belgian public bank. In 1999 Fortis merged it with Generale Bank and other operations to form Fortis Bank, which in turn was integrated from 2009 into BNP Paribas. History The institution was the brainchild of Belgian statesman Walthère Frère-Orban, who by law of created Belgium's (), and on transformed it into the CGER by expanding it with a savings bank (french: caisse d'épargne). One of Frère-Orban's aims was to mitigate the dominance of the Société Générale de Belgique in the Belgian financial system, a concern that also led to his creation of the National Bank of Belgium in 1850 following limited success of an earlier attempt, the , cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enamel Advertising Sign, Algemene Spar- En Lijfrente- Kas ASLK
Enamel may refer to: Decorative arts * Vitreous enamel, a smooth, durable coating for metal, made of melted and fused glass powder * Enamelled glass, glass which has been decorated with vitreous enamel * Overglaze enamelling, painting on top of glaze in pottery Dentistry * Tooth enamel, the hard mineralised surface of teeth * Enamel organ, a cellular aggregation in a developing tooth that is responsible for the formation of enamel Industrial products * Enamel paint, commercial paint that dries to an especially hard glossy finish * Enameled wire Magnet wire or enameled wire is a copper (Cu) or aluminium (Al) wire coated with a very thin layer of insulation. It is used in the construction of transformers, inductors, motors, generators, speakers, hard disk head actuators, electroma ..., wire insulated with a hard polymer coating See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Van Dievoet
Josse-Émile van Dievoet (; 10 June 1886 – 24 June 1967) was a Flemish politician and lawyer. He served as Belgian Minister of Justice. He was a Doctor of Law and of political and social sciences. He was also an honorary doctor of Utrecht University and Radboud University Nijmegen. Career He was a lawyer at the Leuven Bar and a professor at KU Leuven. He also had a political career campaigning for the use of the Dutch language in Belgium. He was Minister of Justice and of Agriculture. He was a member of the Catholic Party. He was also chairman of ASLK / CGER. Political fights He fought mainly for the "dutchification" of the Law in Belgium and against the natural expansion of Brussels. He was against the incorporation of Haren to Brussels.Baroness Els Witte, ''De Brusselse negentien gemeenten en het Brussels model'', Brussels, 2003, p.49: "''(Emiel) Van Dievoet vreesde duidelijk dat de Vlaams-katholieke identiteit van de bevolking door de inlijving bij Brussel in de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Hautain
Fernand Hautain (1858–1942) was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1923 until 1926. Career He started his career at an early age, and combined working with evening classes and self-tuition. He started working for the NBB at the age of 19, as a bank clerk in the bank's branch in his home town of Nivelles and three years went on to work as a clerk at the Brussels head office. In 1901, Fernand Hautain was appointed an agent in Philippeville and then in La Louvière, where in 1907 he became the manager of the discount office. As a businessman, he became commissioner for several industrial limited companies. When World War I broke out, he was appointed as a director of the Bank and after the war, in 1923, he succeeded Leon Van der Rest as governor of the NBB. During his term as governor, the Belgian government tried to deal with the postwar monetary crisis and to stabilise the belgian franc. In 1926, Emile Francqui Emil or Emile may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Van Hoegaerden
Victor Van Hoegaerden (1828 in Brussels – 1905) was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1891 until 1905. Career He started his career as a businessman establishing weaving mills in Ohain, Lokeren, Tubize, Zele and Ghent. The mills of Tubize, Zele and Ghent would, years later, grow into the ''Usines Cotonnières de Belgique''. From the establishment of the Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite The Algemene Spaar- en Lijfrentekas / Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite (ASLK / CGER, ) was a major Belgian public bank, originally created in 1850 as a pension institution. It was acquired in stages between 1993 and 1998 by Fortis Gro ... in 1865, he became a member of its management board and became its president in 1889. In 1869 he was appointed to the discount committee of the NBB, and a year later he became a director. He succeeded Eugène Anspach as vice-governor of the NBB in 1888 and as governor in 1891. His term as gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri De Brouckère
Jonkheer Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe de Brouckère (25 January 1801 – 25 January 1891) was a Belgian nobleman and liberal politician. Born in Bruges, he was a magistrate, and a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His brother Charles was mayor of Brussels. He served as governor of Antwerp from 1840 to 1844, and of Liège from 1844 to 1846. He headed a Liberal government from 1852 to 1855 as the prime minister. In 1863 he became the first mayor of Auderghem. He later chaired the Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite. Honours ; National * : ** Iron Cross. ** Minister of State, by Royal Decree. ** Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold. ** Commander in the Royal Order of the Lion.Almanach royal officiel: 1875 ;Foreign * : Knight Grand Cross in the Saxe-Ernestine House Order. * :Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold of Austria. * : Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour. * : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Charles III. * : Knight Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orange color. Copper is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, as a building material, and as a constituent of various metal alloys, such as sterling silver used in jewelry, cupronickel used to make marine hardware and coins, and constantan used in strain gauges and thermocouples for temperature measurement. Copper is one of the few metals that can occur in nature in a directly usable metallic form ( native metals). This led to very early human use in several regions, from circa 8000 BC. Thousands of years later, it was the first metal to be smelted from sulfide ores, circa 5000 BC; the first metal to be cast into a shape in a mold, c. 4000 BC; and the first metal to be purposely alloyed with another metal, tin, to create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Samyn
Sir Philippe Samyn (born 1 September 1948, in Ghent) is a Belgian architect and civil engineer whose style is characterized by extensive use of glass, wood and steel to build often monumental structures. He is also known for his discovery of ":en:Volume and displacement indicators for an architectural structure, The volume and displacement indicators for an architectural structure" in August 1997. Biography Philippe Samyn started his education in 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 ..., before moving to Brussels with his family. He was interested in art, architecture, sciences and technology from an early age. He holds a degree in civil engineering from Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels Free University (ULB) in 1971, a Master of Sciences in Civil Engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Van Dievoet
Henri van Dievoet (, 19 January 1869 – 24 April 1931) was a Belgian architect. Biography Early life Van Dievoet was born into an old family of Brussels descended from the Sweerts lineage, one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, which had already shone in the fine arts at the time of Louis XIV. His great-grand-uncles were the goldsmith Philippe Van Dievoet and the sculptor Peter Van Dievoet, one of the creators of the Grand-Place of Brussels. Joseph Poelaert was his great-uncle. Education Henri Van Dievoet enrolled at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts on 1 August 1884 and took courses there until 1892. he was a brilliant student and distinguished himself by received numerous awards: the geometry award, the perspective award, the construction award, the archaeology award, the art history award, the hygiene award, the jurisprudence award, and the architecture history award. He also received a formation by architect Ernest Acker, who would eventually be a witness at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Métropole, Brussels
The Hotel Métropole is a currently closed five-star luxury hotel in central Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1872–1874 in an eclectic style with neo-Renaissance and Louis XVI influences. The hotel opened in 1895 and was the only 19th-century hotel still in operation in Brussels, until it closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, after 125 years of continuous operation. The hotel had 251 rooms and 22 spacious suites. It was sold in 2022 and the new owners announced plans to restore it and reopen it in 2025. The hotel is located at 31, place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein, next to the Boulevard Adolphe Max/Adolphe Maxlaan and the Northern Passage glazed shopping arcade, as well as Brussels' busiest shopping street; the Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat. This area is served by the metro and ''premetro'' (underground tram) station De Brouckère on lines 1, 3, 4 and 5. History Origins and early history Under the reign of King Leopold II, following the covering of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hankar
Paul Hankar (11 December 1859 – 17 January 1901) was a Belgian architect and furniture designer, and an innovator in the Art Nouveau style. Career Hankar was born at Frameries, in Hainaut, Belgium, the son of a stonemason. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he met fellow student (and future architect) Victor Horta. Like Horta, he closely studied the techniques of forged iron, which he would later use in many of his buildings. He began his career as a designer and sculptor of funeral monuments. From 1879 to 1904, he worked in the studio of the prominent architect Henri Beyaert, a master of eclectic and neoclassical architecture. Through Beyaert, Hankar became an admirer of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the French architect who advocated the use of innovative new materials such as iron and glass, while drawing from historical architecture for inspiration. Under Beyaert, he was chief designer for the Palacio de Chávarri (1889) in Bilbao, Spain, construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Beyaert
Hendrik Beyaert (Dutch language, Dutch) or Henri Beyaert (French language, French) (29 July 1823 Р22 January 1894) was a Belgian architect. He is considered one of the most important Belgian architects of the 19th century. Biography Beyaert was of very humble descent. For this reason he had to earn his living from a very young age onwards. Initially he and his family could not afford to finance higher studies. At age 19, Beyaert worked as a bank employee at the National Bank of Belgium's office in his native city, Kortrijk. He found his profession not very indulging and decided to quit the bank. As he had always been fascinated by architecture, he found a post as an apprentice stonemason on the building site of the new railway station of Tournai, a building that would be replaced decades later by a design of Beyaert himself. In 1842, Beyaert went to Brussels where he kept a small bookshop to earn his living and where he enrolled at the Acad̩mie Royale des Beaux-Arts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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