August Vermeylen
Illustration — August Vermeylen August Vermeylen (12 May 1872, in Brussels – 10 January 1945, in Uccle) was a Belgian writer and literature critic. In 1893 he founded the literary journal Van Nu en Straks (Of Today and Tomorrow). He studied history at the Free University of Brussels (ULB), and became a professor of literature and of art history at the ULB (1901–1923).
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August Vermeylen
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- Belgium
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- writer · politician · university teacher · editor · literary scholar · art historian · critic
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- Free University of Brussels
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — August Vermeylen August Vermeylen (12 May 1872, in Brussels – 10 January 1945, in Uccle) was a Belgian writer and literature critic. In 1893 he founded the literary journal Van Nu en Straks (Of Today and Tomorrow). He studied history at the Free University of Brussels (ULB), and became a professor of literature and of art history at the ULB (1901–1923).
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In addition to many works of literary and art criticism, he wrote poetry and in 1906 a novel, De wandelende Jood (English: The Wandering Jew). A cultural organization, the Vermeylenfonds, was named after him. Politically, Vermeylen supported both the unitarian Belgian state (to the point of condemning the Flemish Pro-German activists during World War I) and an equal status for the Dutch language in that state. From 1921 to his death he was a senator for the Belgian Labour Party. In 1930, he became the first rector of the newly Dutchified Flemish Universiteit Gent (English: Ghent University). In 1938, he became vice-president of the Senate. In 1940, he was removed from all his official functions by the German occupation force. The father of the Belgian socialist politician, Piet Vermeylen.
August Vermeylen studied at Free University of Brussels. The recorded working language is Dutch. Employment is recorded with Ghent University. Positions recorded include Senator of Belgium and Rector of Ghent University. Work by August Vermeylen is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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1872
August Vermeylen born at Brussels metropolitan area.
1909
Rodenbachsblad is dated 1909.
1945
August Vermeylen died at Uccle.
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Formation and teaching. Vermeylen studied at Free University of Brussels. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Historical Sciences. He was employed by Ghent University. Recorded positions include Senator of Belgium and Rector of Ghent University. He belonged to Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. Recorded as writer, politician, university teacher, editor and literary scholar.
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Rodenbachsblad
1909
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