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The Société d'Études Coloniales () was a society that promoted the creation and maintenance of
1900 ed.
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via Google Books
;about the society *
Société d'études coloniales (Belgium)
Archive Société d'études coloniales
Royal museum of central Africa 1894 establishments in Belgium Belgian colonial empire Defunct organisations based in Belgium {{belgium-stub
The Société d'Études Coloniales () was a society that promoted the creation and maintenance of Belgian overseas colonies
Belgium controlled several territories and concessions during the colonial era, principally the Belgian Congo (modern DRC) from 1908 to 1960 and Ruanda-Urundi (modern Rwanda and Burundi) from 1922 to 1962. It also had small concessions in G ...
which was established in 1894. For some years it was headquartered in the in Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
(along with similar groups such as the ''Cercle Africain'' and the ''Ligue Nationale pour l'Oeuvre Africain''). By 1902 it had a library.
Auguste Couvreur served briefly as its first chairman. Other members included . "Of the twenty-nine founding members of the Société, fourteen had civil functions (eleven were lawyers), nine were intellectuals,...five were soldiers,...one was a businessman.
As of 2008, the Society's archives were reported to have been lost.
See also
* Institut Royal Colonial Belge (est. 1928)References
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Bibliography
;issued by the society * 1894- *1900 ed.
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External links
* WorldCatSociété d'études coloniales (Belgium)
Archive Société d'études coloniales
Royal museum of central Africa 1894 establishments in Belgium Belgian colonial empire Defunct organisations based in Belgium {{belgium-stub