Afchain, Ernest

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Person (Male)

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  • Amateur

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Life dates

Brussels, 1850 - ?, 1913 >

Activity

1874 - 1876 Lille [F]
° 8.7.1850. Graduated from the University of Liège as a mining engineer in 1872 and then went into chemical engineering, initially at "Manufactures de produits chimiques du Nord". Member of the ABP from 10.11.1874. Chemist in the ABP membership lists.
1877 - 1882 Sainte-Marie d’Oignies
Moved back to Belgium as an engineer at the manufacturing plant "Fabrique de produits chimiques de Sainte-Marie d’Oignies". Subsequently, Afchain became director of "Société anonyme des produits chimiques d'Aiseau", in which capacity he was still active in 1913.

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1874 - 1876 Lille [F]
1877 - 1882 Sainte-Marie d’Oignies

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Association belge de Photographie

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Member of

Dates of affiliation

1874 - 1882

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#38

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Dates of creation/revision

MCC revised 20.5.2018; SFJ revised 31.5.2018; SFJ revised 29.3.2020 & 6.4.2020 partly based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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