Hippolyte Lippens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hippolyte Lippens

Belgian politician

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1847

Place of Birth: Moerbeke, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1906

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Hippolyte Lippens (16 October 1847 – 31 December 1906) was a lawyer, manager of sugar factories and a Belgian liberal politician.
He was a son of Auguste Lippens, burgomaster of Moerbeke-Waas, and he married in 1873, with Louise de Kerckhove de Denterghem, a daughter of the burgomaster of Ghent Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem. He became burgomaster of Ghent (1882–1895), a member of parliament (1882–1886 and 1889–1890) and senator (1900–1906) for the liberal party.
During his tenure as a burgomaster, the renovation of the Neerscheldewijk (current Vlaanderenstraat, Limburgstraat and Henegouwenstraat) in Ghent was started according to the Paris model.