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Belgian historian and Louvain city archivist
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Male
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Birth:
6 December 1821
Death:
11 February 1905
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Gérard Edouard Van Even (1821–1905) was a Belgian archivist and historian.
Life
Van Even was born in Leuven on 6 December 1821. In 1846 he was appointed assistant librarian to the Catholic University of Leuven, resgning in 1853 to take up a position working for the local council as city archivist and secretary of municipal festivals. He died in Leuven on 11 February 1905.
He had been a member of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature, the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, and the Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium.
Works
- Les Artistes de l'Hôtel de ville de Louvain (1852)
- Louvain monumental (1860)
- L'Ancienne École de peinture de Louvain (1870)
- Mengelingen voor de geschiedenis van Braband (1871)
- Inventaire chronologique et analytique des chartes et autres documents sur parchemin appartenant aux archives de la ville de Louvain (1873)