Karl Hanquet (1871–1928) was a Belgian academic historian.

Life

Hanquet was born in Liège on 5 October 1871 to an established family of industrialists and arms manufacturers. He was educated at the Collège Saint-Servais and the

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

, where he took a doctorate in philosophy in 1893 and another in law in 1895.Alain Marchandisse, "Hanquet, Karl", ''

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'', vol. 5 (Brussels, 1999), pp. 195-196. He then became a pupil of

Godefroid Kurth Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a celebrated Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat. He is known for his histories of the city of Liège in the Middle Ages and of Belgium, his Catholic account of the formation of modern Europe in ' ...

, obtaining a doctorate in history in 1898 with a thesis on the Chronicle of Saint-Hubert.

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 ...

,
Karl Hanquet (1871-1928)
, '' Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire'' 7:1 (1928), pp. 395-397. Awarded a travel bursary, he spent the years 1899–1901 at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. Hanquet took over Kurth's course on historical method in 1902, and in 1903 was further appointed to teach the courses on Modern Political History and on Institutions of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. A member of the

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, he was also a social and political activist, adhering to

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and

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. He died in Liège on 17 January 1928.

Writings

* ''Étude critique sur la Chronique de Saint-Hubert dite Cantatorium'' (1900) * ''Nouvelles chartes inédites de l'abbaye d'Orval'', edited by A. Delescluse and Karl Hanquet (1900) * ''Chronique de Saint-Hubert dite Cantatorium'', edited by Karl Hanquet (1906) * ''Documents relatifs au Grand Schisme: Suppliques de Clément VII (1378-1379)'' (1924) * ''Documents relatifs au Grand Schisme: Lettres de Clément VII (1378-1379)'', published posthumously, edited by Ursmer Berlière (1930)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanquet, Karl 1871 births 1928 deaths 20th-century Belgian historians Academic staff of the University of Liège