Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugène Goblet d'Alviella

Belgian lawyer and politician

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1846

Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1925

Profession: lawyer, politician, historian

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.