Eugene Goblet d'Alviella
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Eugene Goblet d'Alviella
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Eugène Félicien Albert 10 August 1846 Ixelles, Belgium |
| Died | 9 September 1925 (aged 79) Ixelles, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Occupation | politician, lawyer, academic |
Eugène Félicien Albert, Count Goblet d'Alviella (10 August 1846 – 9 September 1925) was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was the father of Félix Goblet d'Alviella, a lawyer and director of the Revue de Belgique.
He became famous for this book The Migration of Symbols, which is one of the foundations of religious archeology. He was a freemason, a member of the lodge Les Amis Philanthropes (initiated in 1870), Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium (1884), and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council in 1900.
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