Printed: 2024-04-26
Demblon, Auguste
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Connected
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1871 - Gwelo [Rhodesia], 1962
Activity
1901 - 1908 Anvers
Augustus Franciscus Henricus, ° 3.6.1871; + 21.11.1962. Engineer and electrician. Elder brother of Francis Demblon and brother-in-law of Franz Willems (see those names). Shareholder in the photographic supply house of "Edmond Bastijns & Cie", founded on 1.3.1902. Member of the photographic section of the "Cercle artistique, littéraire et scientifique d'Anvers" in 1904 -1908. Prize winner in a photography competition organised the "Societe Royale Nautique Anversoise" in 1903 (Le Matin, 2.11.1903). Member of the photography section of the "Katholieke Kring", 1904-1905. Member of the organising committee for the "Palace of Light" at the Ghent world fair of 1913, under the auspices of the "Chambre syndicale des électriciens belges". Lived in exile in Farnham [GB] during World War I where he worked as a radiographer. Manufacturer of electro-medical devices and X-ray devices branded with the acronym "Adarix" in the interwar period.
Augustus Franciscus Henricus, ° 3.6.1871; + 21.11.1962. Engineer and electrician. Elder brother of Francis Demblon and brother-in-law of Franz Willems (see those names). Shareholder in the photographic supply house of "Edmond Bastijns & Cie", founded on 1.3.1902. Member of the photographic section of the "Cercle artistique, littéraire et scientifique d'Anvers" in 1904 -1908. Prize winner in a photography competition organised the "Societe Royale Nautique Anversoise" in 1903 (Le Matin, 2.11.1903). Member of the photography section of the "Katholieke Kring", 1904-1905. Member of the organising committee for the "Palace of Light" at the Ghent world fair of 1913, under the auspices of the "Chambre syndicale des électriciens belges". Lived in exile in Farnham [GB] during World War I where he worked as a radiographer. Manufacturer of electro-medical devices and X-ray devices branded with the acronym "Adarix" in the interwar period.
Locations
1901 - 1908 Anvers
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1903 ABP; Louvain, 1904; Antwerp, 1904/05; Antwerp, 1905 ABP.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1901 - 1908
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1267
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 28.7.2017; SFJ revised 7.12.2020 & 22.1.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 1.8.2022 based on information supplied by Maurice Demblon & 22.2.2023; SFJ revised 17.6.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 25.11.2020, 8.2.2021 & 12.4.2024