Author · Belgium
Hendrik Conscience
Died in 1883
Hendrik Conscience was born in Antwerp on 3 December 1812, the son of a father from Besançon, a former sailor in Napoleon's navy settled in the port, and of an Antwerp mother. At first an assistant schoolmaster, he enlisted as a volunteer in the revolution of 1830 and served until 1836, with the rank of sergeant major. After losing a post in the provincial administration, he became a gardener, then in 1841 clerk of the Antwerp Academy. District commissioner in Kortrijk, then curator of the royal museums in Brussels, he died in Ixelles on 10 September 1883.
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- NovelThe Lion of FlandersDe Leeuw van VlaanderenHendrik Conscience · 1838LiteraturePublic domain