Bekaert, Maurice

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Person (Male)

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  • Amateur

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Life dates

Ghent, 1866 - Suez [EG], 1938

Activity

1909 - 1912 Gand
Maurice Victor François Marie Joseph. ° 30.9.1866; + 6.12.1938. Doctor in law. His first photographs date back to the early 1890s.
1913 Sweveghem
He took many photos in Egypt. Author of "L'Egypte et le Soudan, pays de tourisme", published by the "Chambre de commerce belgo-égyptienne", Brussels, 1934. President of "Association Catholique de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre". Knight of the Order of Leopold. Bekaert’s body was repatriated by boat and interred in the family vault in Jodoigne.

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1909 - 1912 Gand
1913 Sweveghem

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Association belge de Photographie

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Dates of affiliation

1909 - 1913

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DIRECTORY_2017#0261

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ new 5.9.2017; SFJ revised 21.9.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 1.2.2021; MCC revised 18.3.2024 based on information supplied by Bekaert’s great-granddaughter.

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