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Cambier, Emeri
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Flobecq, 1865 - Namur, 1943
Activity
1891 - 1909 Congo
° 2.1.1865; + 29.9.1943. One of the first group of Scheutist Catholic missionaries to be sent to the Congo in 1888. An enthusiastic photographer, he documented life in the Luluabourg/Mikalai mission (buildings constructed, nuns working, groups of Congolese children, etc.). His photographs of Captain Bradfer's family were published in "L'Expansion Belge" in November 1909.
° 2.1.1865; + 29.9.1943. One of the first group of Scheutist Catholic missionaries to be sent to the Congo in 1888. An enthusiastic photographer, he documented life in the Luluabourg/Mikalai mission (buildings constructed, nuns working, groups of Congolese children, etc.). His photographs of Captain Bradfer's family were published in "L'Expansion Belge" in November 1909.
Locations
1891 - 1909 Congo
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Bibliography/Webography
CORNET, A. (dir.). Emeri Cambier. Correspondance du Congo (1888-1899). Un apprentisage missionnaire, Bruxelles-Rome, 2001, pp. 20-24.
VINTS, Luc. "La propagande missionnaire. Presse - Photographie - Cinéma", in Le Face-à-face avec Dieu. Missionnaires luxembourgeois en Outre-Mer, Bastogne, 2007, pp. 77-84.
VINTS, Luc. "La propagande missionnaire. Presse - Photographie - Cinéma", in Le Face-à-face avec Dieu. Missionnaires luxembourgeois en Outre-Mer, Bastogne, 2007, pp. 77-84.
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1006
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 11.12.2018; revised 9.4.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 3.10.2022.; MD revised 18.10.2024