Julius Hoste Sr. (

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, 23 January 1848 –

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, 28 March 1933), was a

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writer and businessman. He is the father of Julius Hoste Jr. In 1888, he founded the moderate liberal Flemish newspaper

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. For the Flemish theatre in Brussels (KVS), he wrote several very successful historical plays, such as ''De Brusselsche straatzanger'' (1883) and ''De kleine patriot'' (1889). He was a

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, and a member of the lodge '' Les Amis Philanthropes'' of the

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in Brussels.

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* De Brusselsche straatzanger (The Brussels Scheeren street singer) (1883) * De kleine patriot (The Little Patriot) (1889) * Waterloo! (1889) * Breidel en De Coninc (The bridle and Coninc) * De plezante reis (The pleasant trip)

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* Marcel Bots, Luc Sieben, Jaak Van Schoor, Elie Bradt, Romain van Eeno en Roger Desmed (Ed.), ''Vader Hoste'', Liberaal Archief 1989 1848 births 1933 deaths Belgian newspaper publishers (people) Flemish activists {{Belgium-business-bio-stub

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