François Joseph Ferdinand Marchal

	François Joseph Ferdinand Marchal François Joseph Ferdinand Marchal (1780–1858), knight, was a civil servant in the First French Empire who became a Belgian historian and archivist. Life Marchal was born in Brussels and was baptised there on 9 December 1780. His father was Jean-Nicolas Marchal, who had been professor of architecture at the military school in Mechelen and assisted Joseph de Ferraris in the production of the Ferraris map, and his mother was Marie-Anne de Rinonville, reputedly a natural daughter of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.Alphonse Wauters, "Marchal (le chevalier François-Joseph-Ferdinand)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 13(Brussels, 1895), 430-443. He was educated at the Theresian College in Brussels and at the Collège de France. In 1800 he assisted the librarian of the École Centrale in Brussels in cataloguing the books confiscated from pre-revolutionary institutions. In 1803 he was appointed salpeterer of Halle and Lennik, in 1807 manager of the domain of Montmédy, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Royal Academy Of Science, Letters And Fine Arts Of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Community of Belgium. One of Belgium's numerous academies, it is the French-speaking counterpart of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. In 2001 both academies founded a joint association for the purpose of promoting science and arts on an international level: The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB). All three institutions are located in the same building, the Academy Palace in Brussels. History A preexisting literary society was founded in 1769 under the auspices of Karl von Cobenzl, plenipotentiary of the Austrian Netherlands under Empress Maria Theresa (hence its nickname ""). In 1772 Cobenzl's successor Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg continued the efforts of his predecessor by expandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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