Count Albéric François Philippe d'Auxy de Launois (1836—1914) was a Belgian historian, archaeologist, and art collector.
Life
Auxy was born in
Mons
Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
on 29 July 1836, the son of
Edouard Eugène d'Auxy. He became an expert on the history and antiquities of the city of Mons and the province of
Hainaut.
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vol. 32
(Brussels, 1964), 14—15.
He was involved in organising several exhibitions in various Belgian cities, including the Exposition rétrospective d'art industriel (1881) in Mons, and the Exposition des Arts anciens du Hainaut (1911) in Charleroi. He chaired the Mons section of the Amis de l'Art wallon and from 1864 was a particularly active member of the Cercle archéologique de Mons, serving as president from 1910. Many of his publications were contributions to the ''Annales du Cercle archéologique de Mons''.
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He died at home in Mons on 5 February 1914. In May 1940, during the ]Battle of Belgium
The invasion of Belgium or Belgian campaign (10–28 May 1940), often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign (french: Campagne des 18 jours, nl, Achttiendaagse Veldtocht), formed part of the greater Battle of France, an Military o ...
, the house was partially destroyed, with the loss of much of his collection of art and antiquities.[
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References
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1836 births
1914 deaths
20th-century Belgian historians
19th-century Belgian historians