Julius Vuylsteke (

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, 10 November 1836 –

, 16 January 1903) was a

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liberal politician and writer. He started his career as a lawyer, but later opened a bookshop. As a

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, he founded the liberal association 't zal wel gaan, and he played an important role in the

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. Julius Vuylsteke promoted cultural cooperation of

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with

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. He became President of the

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, and after his political career he gave his attention mainly to the history of Flanders. In 1867, he founded the Flemish weekly ''Het Volksbelang'', which appeared for the first time on 12 January 1867. In 1867, Julius De Vigne was one of the editors together with

Julius Sabbe Julius Ludovicus Maria Sabbe (14 February 1846 in Ghent – 3 July 1910 in Bruges) was a Flemish publisher and an active member of the Flemish movement. From 24 September 1869 on, he taught Dutch at the Koninklijk Atheneum (E: Royal Atheneum) ...

, Jozef Van Hoorde, and Adolf Hoste. Julius Vuylsteke wrote romantic Flemish nationalistic poems, while he was still a student, which were published in ''Zwijgende liefde'' (1860) and ''Uit het studentenleven en andere gedichten'' (1868). In 1903, after his death, his political essays and poems were published in ''Klauwaard en Geus''.

Honours

* 1900:Knight in the Order of Leopold.Laatste Nieuws (Het) 16-05-1900

Bibliography

* Zwijgende liefde (1860) * Le question flamande et le libéralisme (1861) * Uit het studentenleven en andere gedichten (1868) * Verzamelde gedichten (1881) * Verzamelde prozastukken (1887–1891) * Oorkondenboek van de stad Gent, dl. 1 (1900) * Klauwaard en Geus (1905)

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