Xavier de Theux or Xavier Marie Georges Théodore De Theux de Montjardin (23 September 1838 — 13 December 1896) was a Belgian bibliophile and president of the Society of Belgian Bibliophilists.
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| Born | Xavier Marie Georges Théodore De Theux de Montjardin[1] 23 September 1838 Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium |
| Died | 13 December 1896 (aged 58) City of Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality |  Belgium |
Biography
editXavier Marie Georges Théodore De Theux de Montjardin was born in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium on 23 September 1838.[2]
De Theux obtained a Doctorate of Law.[3] He married Eugénie de Thysebaert in Namur on 18 May 1865.[2]
Joining the Liège Bibliophile Society in 1863, he later founded the Society of Belgian Bibliophilists (French: Société des bibliophiles de Belgique) in 1865.[3] Xavier de Theux served as president of the Society, with Ferdinand Van Der Haeghen as vice president, Gustave Hagemans as treasurer, and Jules Delecourt as secretary.[4]
Death
editXavier de Theux died in Brussels on 13 December 1896.[3]
References
edit- ^ Conlon, P. M. (1992). Siècle des Lumières : bibliographie chronologique (le). Switzerland: Librairie Droz.
- ^ a b Poplimont, C. (1867). La Belgique héraldique: recueil historique, chronologique, généalogique et biographique complet de toutes les maisons nobles, reconnues de la Belgique .... Belgium: Typ. de G. Adriaens.
- ^ a b c Brassinne, J. (1926). Theux (Xavier-Marie-Georges-Théodore, chevalier de, de Montjardin), bibliographe. Biographie Nationale, 24, 784-786.
- ^ Le bibliophile belge. (1866). Belgium: librairie ancienne et moderne.