Alphonse Le Roy (; 1822–1896) was a professor at the

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, in Belgium, who contributed over 150 entries to the ''

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''.

Life

Le Roy was born in Liège on 28 July 1822, the only son of Louis-Nicolas Le Roy and Henriette Streel.Kathleen Duquenne-Herla, "Le Roy, Alphonse", ''

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vol. 3
(Brussels, 1994), pp. 238-240. He studied philosophy at Liège University, graduating at the age of 19, and after abandoning a law degree went on to qualify as a teacher. He taught at a secondary school in

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for a number of years from 1844, helping set up the ''Journal de l'Instruction publique'' in 1845. On 12 September 1848 he married Marie-Françoise Elisa Delvaux (1818–1902). In 1850 he was appointed lecturer on logic and metaphysics at the University of Liège. He went on to lecture on archaeology (1853–1855; 1865–1875), aesthetics (1854–1879) and the history of philosophy (1874–1889). He was appointed extraordinary professor in 1856,

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in 1862, and

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on 23 September 1889. He was elected a corresponding member of the

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on 9 May 1870, a full member on 12 May 1873, and president in 1882. He was a member of many other scholarly societies. He died in Liège on 2 March 1896.

Works

* ''La philosophie au pays de Liège, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles'' (Liège, Paris and Leipzig, 1860) * ''Liber Memorialis: L'Université de Liège depuis sa fondation'' (Liège, 1869)On Google Books
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Roy, Alphonse 1822 births 1896 deaths Academic staff of the University of Liège Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium