Philippe Robert-Jones

Philippe Robert-Jones studied at Free University of Brussels. The recorded working language is French and English. Employment is recorded with Université libre de Bruxelles, Bibliothèque nationale de France and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown and Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold.

• Name — Philippe Roberts-Jones • Born — 8 November 1924 • Birthplace — Ixelles, Belgium • Died — 9 August 2016 • Place of death — Uccle, Belgium

Born in Ixelles, Belgium, on 8 November 1924, Philippe Roberts-Jones belonged to a family of three generations of lawyers, descending from a British family established in Brussels at the beginning of the 19th century and that had been active in the coachwork industry. His father Robert Roberts-Jones (1893–1943), a lawyer, was a member of the Belgian Resistance and was executed by the Germans at the Tir national on 20 October 1943. Philippe Roberts-Jones died on 9 August 2016 at the age of 91.

Robert-Jones was made a Baron by King Baudouin in 1988. • Belgium • Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown • Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold • Volunteers' Medal for War • Commemorative Medal of the 1940–1945 War, with sabres • Civic Medal, first class • France • Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur • Commandeur of the ordre des Arts et des Lettres • Spain • Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic • Italy • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy • Finland • Grand Officer of the Order of the Lion of Finland

As a poet he publishes under the name Philippe Jones. Among his published works are: • Le Voyageur de la nuit • Amours et autres visages • Être selon • Racine ouverte • Un espace renoué As an art historian, he was interested in the work of Honoré Daumier and in contemporary engraving; another field of interest of his was the work of Belgian painter Lismonde.

He was employed by Université libre de Bruxelles, Bibliothèque nationale de France and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. He belonged to Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises, Académie des beaux-arts, Académie Mallarmé and Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen.

Philippe Robert-Jones is recorded with the occupation historian of Modern Age. Recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as having received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown.