Frédéric de Reiffenberg

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Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg
Born	(1795-11-19)19 November 1795 Mons
Died	18 April 1850(1850-04-18) (aged 54) Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Academic background
Academic work
Discipline	Historian

Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg (14 November 1795 — 18 April 1850) was a baron, Belgian writer, historian-medievalist, and linguist. He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, as well as a member of the Academic Senate and professor at the State University of Leuven.

Biography[]

Reiffenberg was professor of philosophy at the State University of Leuven from 1822, and gave lectures on medieval history at the University of Liège from 1835. He later became a curator at the Royal Library of Belgium.

His son, Frédéric Guillaume de Reiffenberg, was a writer, poet, and playwright. He wrote poems, drama plays, critical sketches, novels, articles, and books on military administration.

Selected Works[]

• «Archives philologiques» (Brussels, 1825—1826),
• «Archives pour l’histoire civile et littéraire des Pays-Bas» (Leuven, 1827—1828),
• «Nouvelles archives historiques» (1829—1832),
• «Histoire de l’ordre de la Bibliothèque royale» (1840—1850),
• «Bulletin du bibliophile belge» (1845).

External links[]

• "Рейфенберг, Фредерик-Огюст-Фердинанд-Тома". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg. 1890–1907.
• REMY (Fernand), Aux origines de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique. Étude sur son personnel et ses méthodes de travail, 1837-1850, Bruxelles, Association des bibliothécaires, 1960.