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De Lanier - van Monckhoven, Alfred
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1855 - ?, 1939
Activity
1897 - 1908 / Gand, Boulevard d'Akkergem, 74 (factory and offices)
Predecessor: Van Monckhoven Veuve Désiré
Jean Alfred Clément, ° 17.1.1855; + 1.3.1939. Industrial engineer, graduating from Ghent in 1875. Director of "Filatures de Saint Etienne de Rouvray" in Rouen [F]. Married Eugénie Van Monckhoven in 1883, and took over the factory run by his mother-in-law. From 1885 on De Lanier accounted for half of the output of Van Monckhoven bromide plates (Palmer Descamps producing the other half). In the 1890s the company reached the height of its success. In the light of hefty competition and no obvious succession, the company ceased trading in 1908.
Politically active in the Liberal cause from 1892 to 1912. Elected to the Senate in 1900.
1897 - 1908 / Gand, Chaussée de Courtrai, 20
Predecessor: Van Monckhoven Veuve Désiré
Still listed under "photographic supplies" in the 1913 Monod directory.
Predecessor: Van Monckhoven Veuve Désiré
Jean Alfred Clément, ° 17.1.1855; + 1.3.1939. Industrial engineer, graduating from Ghent in 1875. Director of "Filatures de Saint Etienne de Rouvray" in Rouen [F]. Married Eugénie Van Monckhoven in 1883, and took over the factory run by his mother-in-law. From 1885 on De Lanier accounted for half of the output of Van Monckhoven bromide plates (Palmer Descamps producing the other half). In the 1890s the company reached the height of its success. In the light of hefty competition and no obvious succession, the company ceased trading in 1908.
Politically active in the Liberal cause from 1892 to 1912. Elected to the Senate in 1900.
1897 - 1908 / Gand, Chaussée de Courtrai, 20
Predecessor: Van Monckhoven Veuve Désiré
Still listed under "photographic supplies" in the 1913 Monod directory.
Locations
1897 - 1908 / Gand, Boulevard d'Akkergem, 74 (factory and offices)
1897 - 1908 / Gand, Chaussée de Courtrai, 20
1897 - 1908 / Gand, Chaussée de Courtrai, 20
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1888; Paris, 1889; Antwerp, 1894 (bronze medal); Amsterdam, 1895; Ghent, 1895; Brussels, 1897; Ghent, 1899; Paris, 1900; Antwerp (CEPSA) 1903; Saint Louis, 1904; Liège, 1905.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1887 - 1907
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1179
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.8.2017, 20.9.2017 & 17.11.2017; SFJ revised 28.3.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 8.4.2021; MD revised 10.11.2023