Danhier, Georges

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Flobecq, 1885 - Brussels, 1960

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1911 Elisabethville [Congo]
Georges François Jean Baptiste, ° 5.7.1885; + 5.8.1960. Accountant and colonial business executive. After study at the "Institut supérieur de commerce d'Anvers", Danhier was recruited by the "Union minière du Haut-Katanga". He left for the Congo on 4.7.1908 as an assistant accountant, a term of service that ended on 1.12.1911. Assisted Gustave Itten in charge of the photography section of the "Touring Club de Belgique - section du Katanga" on its creation in July 1911. Returned to Congo in October 1912. After World War I, Danhier worked in Dar-es-Salaam [now Tanzania] and again in Congo in various executive capacities until January 1930.

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1911 Elisabethville [Congo]

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DIRECTORY_2017#3150

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SFJ / MD new 20.8.2024

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