Charles Piot (1812–1899) was a Belgian archivist, historian, numismatist and archaeologist who contributed 73 entries to the ''

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''.

Life

Piot was born in Leuven on 17 October 1812, and was educated in the town.

Camille Tihon Camille Tihon (1890–1972) was a Belgian archivist and historian. Life Tihon was born in Remicourt, Belgium, on 25 June 1890. He studied at the University of Liège under Eugène Hubert and Karl Hanquet, graduating with a doctorate for a thesis o ...

, "Piot (Charles)", ''

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vol. 32
(Brussels, 1964), 571-576. He graduated from the

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as Doctor of Law on 27 November 1834. As a lover of history, he sought a position in the

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, and was appointed archivist second class by ministerial decree on 7 August 1840. His rival for the position, Alphonse Wauters, became archivist to the city of Brussels two years later. On 30 April 1847, Piot was promoted to archivist first class. From 1853 until 1870 he was seconded half a day per week to the

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. He became chief of section in 1859, adjunct archivist in 1870, and archivist general of the realm in 1886. He also sat on the Commission des Monuments, the

Commission royale d'Histoire The Commission royale d'Histoire (in French) or Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis (in Dutch) is the Belgian Royal Historical Commission. It was founded by royal decree on 22 July 1834. They initially published their proceedings under the title ...

and the Commission administrative de la Bibliothèque Royale, and in 1879 had become a member of the

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. He retired in 1897. He died in Saint-Gilles,

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, on 28 May 1899.

Works

;As author * ''Histoire de Louvain'' (1839) * ''Sur les relations diplomatiques de Charles Quint avec la Perse & la Turquie'' (1843) * ''Catalogue du dépot des coins, poinçons et matrices de monnaies, médailles, jetons, sceaux, cachets et timbres appartenant a l'état'' (1861) * ''Les pagi de la Belgique et leurs subdivisions pendant le moyen âge'' (1874) * ''Inventaire des chartes des comtes de Namur'' (1890) ;As editor * ''Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Trond'' (2 vols., 1870 and 1875) * ''Chroniques de Brabant et de Flandre'' (1879) * ''Cartulaire de l'abbaye d'Eenaeme'' (1881) * ''Voyages des Souverains des Pays-Bas'', vols. 3-4 (1881-1882) * ''Correspondance de Granvelle'', vols. 4-12 (1884-1896) * Renon de France, ''Histoire des troubles des Pays-Bas'' (3 vols., 1886-1891)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piot, Charles 1812 births 1899 deaths Writers from Leuven Belgian archivists Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium