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Alker, Charles
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux [Nord, F], 1838 - Brussels, 1907
Activity
1870 * - 1879 / Bruxelles, Place de Louvain, 8
Predecessor: Geymet & Alker
Charles Victor Auguste, ° 17.2.1838; + 24.4.1907. Chemist. Arrived from Paris on 10.9.1870 where he was a partner of Geymet (see Geymet & Alker). Collotypes, photolithographs. Published a plan for the restoration and preservation of the ‘Colonne du Congrès’ in 1877. Business partner of Idesbald Chotteau at this address from 1874 until 1879. Founder member of the ABP.
1879 * - 1881 / Bruxelles, Rue Royale, 23a
Supplies for photographers. At this address from 11.9.1879 until 3.2.1881. In the 1880s he was registered as an office clerk; in 1890 as an electrician. Founder member of the "Société belge des électriciens" in 1884.
1890 - 1895 Bruxelles, Rue de l’Association, 9
Electroplated bronze of a lion on the Waterloo monument in the Brussels cemetery, 1890. Married in Brussels on 14.12.1896 when he was described as an electrical engineer.
Predecessor: Geymet & Alker
Charles Victor Auguste, ° 17.2.1838; + 24.4.1907. Chemist. Arrived from Paris on 10.9.1870 where he was a partner of Geymet (see Geymet & Alker). Collotypes, photolithographs. Published a plan for the restoration and preservation of the ‘Colonne du Congrès’ in 1877. Business partner of Idesbald Chotteau at this address from 1874 until 1879. Founder member of the ABP.
1879 * - 1881 / Bruxelles, Rue Royale, 23a
Supplies for photographers. At this address from 11.9.1879 until 3.2.1881. In the 1880s he was registered as an office clerk; in 1890 as an electrician. Founder member of the "Société belge des électriciens" in 1884.
1890 - 1895 Bruxelles, Rue de l’Association, 9
Electroplated bronze of a lion on the Waterloo monument in the Brussels cemetery, 1890. Married in Brussels on 14.12.1896 when he was described as an electrical engineer.
Locations
1870 * - 1879 / Bruxelles, Place de Louvain, 8
1879 * - 1881 / Bruxelles, Rue Royale, 23a
1890 - 1895 Bruxelles, Rue de l’Association, 9
1879 * - 1881 / Bruxelles, Rue Royale, 23a
1890 - 1895 Bruxelles, Rue de l’Association, 9
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1874; Brussels, 1875; Paris, 1878 ("Alker & Chotteau").
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1877
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#59
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 31.1.2017, 7.6.2017 & 1.1.2019; SFJ revised 19.9.2019, 15.3.2022 & 10.102022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght