Louis Prosper Gachard

Louis Prosper Gachard (March 12, 1800 - December 24, 1885), Belgian man of letters, was born in Paris.

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March 12 - 1800 - December 24 - 1885 - Belgian - Paris

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He entered the administration of the royal archives in 1826, and was appointed director-general, a post which he held for fifty-five years. During this long period he reorganized the service, added to the records by copies taken in other European collections, travelled for purposes of study, and carried on a wide correspondence with other keepers of records, and with historical scholars.

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He also edited and published many valuable collections of state papers; a full list of his various publications was printed in the Annuaire de l'académie royale de Belgique by Ch. Piot in 1888, pp. 220-236. It includes 246 entries.

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He was the author of several historical writings, of which the best known are Don Carlos et Philippe II (1867), Etudes et notices historiques concernant l'histoire des Pays-Bas (1863), Histoire de la Belgique au commencement du XIXieme siècle (1880), Histoire politique et diplomatique de P. P. Rubens (1877), all published at Brussels.

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His chief editorial works are the Actes des tlrts généraux des Pays-Bas 1576-1585 (Brussels, 1861-1866), Collection de documents inedits concernant l'histoirede la Belgique (Brussels, 1833 1835), and the Relations des ambassadeurs Vénitiens sur Charles V et Philippe II (Brussels, 1855). Gachard died in Brussels on the 24th of December 1885.

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