Émile Cammaerts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Cammaerts

Belgian playwright, poet and author

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1878

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

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1953

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Émile Leon Cammaerts CBE (16 March 1878 in Saint-Gilles, Belgium – 2 November 1953, Radlett, Hertfordshire) was a Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French.Demonstrating his interests, Cammaerts translated three books by art, history and landscapes expert John Ruskin and selected G.
K.
Chesterton Father Brown detective stories in La clairvoyance du père Brown.He became Professor of Belgian Studies at the University of London in 1933, most of his works and papers are held there in the Senate House Library, and Emeritus Professor on retiring.