Printed: 2025-06-21
de Roos, David
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected / Professional
Details
Life dates
Amsterdam [NL], 1877 - Antwerp, 1944
Activity
1896 - 1920 > Anvers, Rue de la Commune, 20
Predecessor: Cormier Charles
° 26.7.1877; + 13.10.1944. Chemist. Photographic cameras and supplies. Member of the "Cercle d'études photographiques et scientifiques d'Anvers" from as early as September 1896. Also described as a photographer in the 1890-1900 population register. Initial "D." in the 1897 Mertens directory and later; sometimes "A. & D. de Roos" i.e., collaboration with his father Abraham (° Oirschot [NL], 27.8.1836; + Antwerp, 8.9.1913), a manufacturing optician. "Agency for The Philadelphia Chemical Company, papers, plates, developers..." [Mendel, 1902]. Edited the periodical "Licht!", 1902-1903, the first Belgian photographic magazine published in Dutch. Co-author, with S. Hereyns and others, of "Licht: Bespekingen over Fotografie en aanverwante Wetenschappen" and its French edition "Vade-Mecum de Photographie", Brussels, 1905, based on articles published in the magazine. De Roos was described as a chemist at his wedding in Antwerp on 8.10.1918. The optics side of the business continued to advertise as "A. de Roos" at this address throughout the 1920s.
Predecessor: Cormier Charles
° 26.7.1877; + 13.10.1944. Chemist. Photographic cameras and supplies. Member of the "Cercle d'études photographiques et scientifiques d'Anvers" from as early as September 1896. Also described as a photographer in the 1890-1900 population register. Initial "D." in the 1897 Mertens directory and later; sometimes "A. & D. de Roos" i.e., collaboration with his father Abraham (° Oirschot [NL], 27.8.1836; + Antwerp, 8.9.1913), a manufacturing optician. "Agency for The Philadelphia Chemical Company, papers, plates, developers..." [Mendel, 1902]. Edited the periodical "Licht!", 1902-1903, the first Belgian photographic magazine published in Dutch. Co-author, with S. Hereyns and others, of "Licht: Bespekingen over Fotografie en aanverwante Wetenschappen" and its French edition "Vade-Mecum de Photographie", Brussels, 1905, based on articles published in the magazine. De Roos was described as a chemist at his wedding in Antwerp on 8.10.1918. The optics side of the business continued to advertise as "A. de Roos" at this address throughout the 1920s.
Locations
1896 - 1920 > Anvers, Rue de la Commune, 20
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1900
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1373
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 18.9.2017, 8.1.2018 & 29.9.2018 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 27.5.2019, 1.4.2020, 8.9.2020 & 8.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 5.5.2021 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 28.10.2020, 10.5.2021 & 17.5.2024