Maurits Basse (5 September 1868 – 18 February 1944) was a
Belgian
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writer and teacher, one of the founders of the
Liberaal Vlaams Verbond
The Liberaal Vlaams Verbond (E: Liberal Flemish League) was founded in 1913. From its origin it wanted to promote the Flemish cause and drew attention to social matters, within the Belgian Liberal Party. Together with the Willemsfonds and the Lib ...
.
Basse was born at
Ledeberg
Ledeberg is a submunicipality of the city of Ghent. It lies south-east of downtown Ghent and has direct access to the E17 road.
Its population is 13,974 inhabitants (2005).
Notable people
*Jean Fonteyne
Jean Fonteyne (1899–1974) was a B ...
. He became a professor at the
University of Ghent
Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium.
Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...
, where he remained until his death. He was editor of the journal ''Het Volksbelang'' and of the ''De Vlaamse Gids''.
Bibliography
* Maurits Basse, ''Stijlaffectatie Bij Shakespeare'',Kessinger Publishing, LLC (1895)
* Maurits Basse, ''Het Aandeel der Vrouw in de Nederlandse Letterkunde'', Deel I, Gent, Uitgevers- en Boekdrukkershuis AD. Hoste (1920)
* Maurits Basse, ''Het Aandeel der Vrouw in de Nederlandse Letterkunde'', Deel II, Gent, Uitgevers- en Boekdrukkershuis AD. Hoste (1921)
* Maurits Basse, ''De Vlaamsche beweging van 1905 tot 1930, Volume 1'', Van Rysselbergh & Rombaut, (1930)
* Maurits Basse, ''De 'Gedichten van den Schoolmeester''
* Maurits Basse, '' Ingoldsby Legends ''
* Maurits Basse, '' Frederick van Jenuen en Cymbeline ''
Sources
Maurits Basse(Liberal Archive)
* Luykx, Th. (Ed.), Rijksuniversiteit Gent, ''Liber Memorialis 1913-1960'', Ghent, 1960, Vol. IV, pp. 384–385.
1868 births
1944 deaths
Flemish activists
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