Julius Vuylsteke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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politician, writer
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Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium
About Julius Vuylsteke
- Julius Vuylsteke (Ghent, 10 November 1836 – Ghent, 16 January 1903) was a Belgian liberal politician and writer.
- He started his career as a lawyer, but later opened a bookshop.
- As a liberal Flemish politician, he founded the liberal association 't zal wel gaan, and he played an important role in the Flemish movement.
- Julius Vuylsteke promoted cultural cooperation of Flanders with the Netherlands.
- He became President of the Willemsfonds, and after his political career he gave his attention mainly to the history of Flanders.
- In 1867, he founded the Flemish weekly Het Volksbelang, which appeared for the first time on 12 January 1867.
- In 1867, Julius De Vigne was one of the editors together with Julius Sabbe, Jozef Van Hoorde, and Adolf Hoste. Julius Vuylsteke wrote romantic Flemish nationalistic poems, while he was still a student, which were published in Zwijgende liefde (1860) and Uit het studentenleven en andere gedichten (1868).
- In 1903, after his death, his political essays and poems were published in Klauwaard en Geus.
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