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Michel, François Léopold
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1865 - Brussels - Uccle, 1932
Activity
1891 - 1905 [Congo Free State]
° 15.3.1865; + 19.12.1932. In the Congo from 1891 until 1908. Missions of exploration in the Upper Congo, his tasks including the collection of artefacts and documentation for use at the International Exhibition in Antwerp in 1894 and the Colonial Exhibition in Tervuren in 1897. In this context, he took negatives of the Congo, enlarged by Alexandre for the Antwerp Exhibition in 1894. Secretary of Commander Cabra (Royal High Commissioner). On his return to Belgium he became a member of the Belgian Congo scientific staff in Tervuren for 12 years.
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
In the ABP membership lists, Franz Michel, "intendant [senior commissioner] of the Congo State".
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles
1908 - 1912 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
1913 - 1914 Bruxelles - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
° 15.3.1865; + 19.12.1932. In the Congo from 1891 until 1908. Missions of exploration in the Upper Congo, his tasks including the collection of artefacts and documentation for use at the International Exhibition in Antwerp in 1894 and the Colonial Exhibition in Tervuren in 1897. In this context, he took negatives of the Congo, enlarged by Alexandre for the Antwerp Exhibition in 1894. Secretary of Commander Cabra (Royal High Commissioner). On his return to Belgium he became a member of the Belgian Congo scientific staff in Tervuren for 12 years.
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
In the ABP membership lists, Franz Michel, "intendant [senior commissioner] of the Congo State".
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles
1908 - 1912 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
1913 - 1914 Bruxelles - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Locations
1891 - 1905 [Congo Free State]
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles
1908 - 1912 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
1913 - 1914 Bruxelles - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles
1908 - 1912 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek
1913 - 1914 Bruxelles - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1901 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3074
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 23.4.2017; SFJ revised 24.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght