Knapen, Achille

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

Details

Life dates

Mons, 1860 - Trans-en-Provence [Var, F], 1941

Activity

1896 - 1898 Louvain
Marie Frédéric Thomas Achille, ° 29.9.1860; + 25.7.1941. Industrialist. Member of the "Photoclub de Louvain". Sometimes transcribed "Knappen" or even "Knaap". Pioneered the application of hygrometry to the renovation of historic buildings. As such, Knapen became known as the "stone doctor" (La Croix, 6.10.1941). His techniques were used to dry out and consolidate Foreign Ministry buildings following the Paris floods of 1910.

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1896 - 1898 Louvain

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1896 - 1898

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#2472

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 9.1.2019; SFJ revised 16.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 26.7.2021

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