Alphonse Wauters
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Portrait from Academy obituary by Henri Pirenne
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Alphonse Guillaume Ghislain Wauters 13 April 1817 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 1 May 1898 (aged 81) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | archivist and historian |
| Known for | Histoire de Bruxelles (3 vols., 1845); Histoire des environs de Bruxelles (10 vols., 1855) |
Alphonse Wauters (1817–1898) was a Belgian archivist and historian.
Alphonse Guillaume Ghislain Wauters was born in Brussels on 13 April 1817. He was appointed archivist of the city of Brussels on 2 April 1842. He became a correspondent of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium in 1860, and a member in 1868. In January 1886, after the death of Louis Prosper Gachard, he became the academy's secretary-treasurer. He died in Brussels on 1 May 1898.
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