Julius Vuylsteke
Illustration — Julius Vuylsteke (by Willem Steelink Jr.) Julius Vuylsteke (Ghent, 10 November 1836 – Ghent, 16 January 1903) was a Belgian liberal politician and writer. He started his career as a lawyer, but later opened a bookshop. Vuylsteke promoted cultural cooperation of Flanders with the Netherlands.
Julius Vuylsteke
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- 1836 · Ghent.
- Died
- 1903 · Ghent.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- lawyer · politician · bookseller · writer · poet
- Education
- Koninklijk Atheneum Voskenslaan · Ghent University
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Illustration — Julius Vuylsteke (by Willem Steelink Jr.) Julius Vuylsteke (Ghent, 10 November 1836 – Ghent, 16 January 1903) was a Belgian liberal politician and writer. He started his career as a lawyer, but later opened a bookshop. Vuylsteke promoted cultural cooperation of Flanders with the Netherlands.
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He became President of the Willemsfonds, and after his political career he gave his attention mainly to the history of Flanders. In 1867, he founded the Flemish weekly Het Volksbelang, which appeared for the first time on 12 January 1867. In 1867, Julius De Vigne was one of the editors together with Julius Sabbe, Jozef Van Hoorde, and Adolf Hoste. Vuylsteke wrote romantic Flemish nationalistic poems, while he was still a student, which were published in Zwijgende liefde (1860) and Uit het studentenleven en andere gedichten (1868). In 1903, after his death, his political essays and poems were published in Klauwaard en Geus.
• 1900:Knight in the Order of Leopold.
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Title [archive] Doodsbrief Julius Vuylsteke. Description 1 document. Description Papier Event Overlijden 16/01/1903 Gent Publisher 1903. Object ID archive.ugent.be:BFFC6992-D9C6-11EB-9F7D-D28FA936FAF6 Barcode 800000172698 Callnr BIB.GENEA.090824
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Title [archive] Doodsbrief Julius Vuylsteke. Description 1 document. Description Papier Event Overlijden 16/01/1903 Gent Publisher 1903. Object ID archive.ugent.be:C0177ED0-D9C6-11EB-9F7D-D28FA936FAF6 Barcode 800000172699 Callnr BIB.GENEA.090825
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