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De Jong, Edward
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Professional
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1883 - ?, 1975
Activity
1913 - 1914 > Lier
Eligius Eduardus / Elie Edouard, ° 16.4.1883; + 25.6.1975. Recorded as a sergeant volunteer in the Engineering Corps at the occasion of his wedding in Antwerp on 29.4.1908. His earliest known photographs are of the "Semaine d’Aviation” in Antwerp in 1909 and 1911. De Jong became a member of the Photo Club Lierrois in 1913 and was president of the club from 1922 to 1924. Still an honorary member in 1968. During World War I he served in the military as a photographer. He enjoyed a privileged regime and as such he met and befriended Queen Elisabeth. De Jong stayed with the royal family in De Panne, and in 1917 was appointed as the Queen's personal photographer. He kept this position during his whole career, into the early 1950s, and produced formal portraits as well as more intimate images. Autochromist from at least 1921. We have yet to discover any professional photographic activity besides his work for the royal family, although listed as a photographer in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Avenue Emile Demolder, 14 from 1930 to 1938.
Eligius Eduardus / Elie Edouard, ° 16.4.1883; + 25.6.1975. Recorded as a sergeant volunteer in the Engineering Corps at the occasion of his wedding in Antwerp on 29.4.1908. His earliest known photographs are of the "Semaine d’Aviation” in Antwerp in 1909 and 1911. De Jong became a member of the Photo Club Lierrois in 1913 and was president of the club from 1922 to 1924. Still an honorary member in 1968. During World War I he served in the military as a photographer. He enjoyed a privileged regime and as such he met and befriended Queen Elisabeth. De Jong stayed with the royal family in De Panne, and in 1917 was appointed as the Queen's personal photographer. He kept this position during his whole career, into the early 1950s, and produced formal portraits as well as more intimate images. Autochromist from at least 1921. We have yet to discover any professional photographic activity besides his work for the royal family, although listed as a photographer in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Avenue Emile Demolder, 14 from 1930 to 1938.
Locations
1913 - 1914 > Lier
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1982
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Dates of creation/revision
MD / PA new 8.2.2021; SFJ revised 12.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 8.4.2024