Dieudonné François Marie Stas (1791–1868) was a Belgian newspaper proprietor.

Life

Stas was born in

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

on 20 August 1791. In 1820 he founded the ''Courrier de la Meuse'', with

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Paul Bergmans Paul Jean Etienne Charles Marie Bergmans (1868–1935) was a librarian in chief of the University of Ghent, and musical historian. Life Bergmans was born in Ghent on 23 February 1868. He began work at Ghent University Library on a voluntary basis, ...

, "Stas (Dieudonné-François-Marie)", ''

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vol. 23
(Brussels, 1924), 649-650. This newspaper supported the Catholic-Liberal union that dominated the

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, although its publication had been suspended by the Dutch authorities by the time the revolution broke out. Publication was resumed after Belgian independence, with abbé Louis becoming editor in chief in 1836. At the beginning of January 1841, publication was moved to Brussels and the title changed to '' Journal de Bruxelles''. Stas retired as publisher in 1856, and died in Brussels on 13 February 1868. The newspaper he had founded continued publication until 1926.

Honours

Dieudonné Stas was knighted by Leopold I in 1848, and also became a knight in the

Order of St. Gregory the Great The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great ( la, Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni; it, Ordine di San Gregorio Magno) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of ...

References

{{Authority control 1791 births 1868 deaths Belgian newspaper publishers (people) 19th-century newspaper publishers (people)