Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg

The recorded working language is French and Latin. Employment is recorded with University of Liège. Positions recorded include librarian and chief curator. Work by Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg is recorded in the collections of Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen and Royal Collections of the Netherlands.

• Name — Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg • Born — 19 November 1795 • Birthplace — Mons • Died — 18 April 1850 • Place of death — Saint-Josse-ten-Noode • Discipline — Historian

Reiffenberg was professor of philosophy at the State University of Leuven from 1822, and gave lectures on medieval history at the University of Liège from 1835. Accused of plagiarism, he was almost deprived of his chair, was dismissed from the examination board and left Liège. In 1837, his friends got him appointed curator of the newly created Royal Library of Belgium. He became one of the most active members of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. He was also a member of the Institut de France. His son, Frédéric Guillaume de Reiffenberg, was a writer, poet, and playwright. He wrote poems, drama plays, critical sketches, novels, articles, and books on military administration.

• «Archives philologiques» (Brussels, 1825—1826), • «Archives pour l’histoire civile et littéraire des Pays-Bas» (Leuven, 1827—1828), • «Nouvelles archives historiques» (1829—1832), • «Histoire de l’ordre de la Bibliothèque royale» (1840—1850), • «Bulletin du bibliophile belge» (1845).