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Rahir, Edmond
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Connected
Details
Life dates
Brussels - Saint-Josse, 1864 - Brussels - Saint-Josse, 1936
Activity
1898 - 1905 Bruxelles
° 31.5.1864; + 28.2.1936. Archéologist and pioneering speleologist. Rahir's photographs of Remouchamps and its surroundings were used by geologist Ernest van Den Broeck (1851-1932) to illustrate his research during a meeting of the "Société Belge de Géologie" on 25.10.1898. Curator at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels from 1903 where he was in charge of the photographic documentation of Belgian monuments. Director of the national excavation service, 1925-1929. Views of the Han caverns, reproduced in "Les splendeurs de la grotte de Han (Belgique)", Brussels, Bulens, 1900 and "La Lesse ou le pays des grottes", Brussels, Lebègue, 1901, illustrated with 57 photographs. Also exhibited multiple photographs as a member of the "Société d'Archéologie de Bruxelles" in 1902-1904. There is a Rahir collection at the "Société Royale Belge de Géographie". The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels possesses 528 views of archeological sites taken by Rahir between 1902 and 1905, donated in 1931.
° 31.5.1864; + 28.2.1936. Archéologist and pioneering speleologist. Rahir's photographs of Remouchamps and its surroundings were used by geologist Ernest van Den Broeck (1851-1932) to illustrate his research during a meeting of the "Société Belge de Géologie" on 25.10.1898. Curator at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels from 1903 where he was in charge of the photographic documentation of Belgian monuments. Director of the national excavation service, 1925-1929. Views of the Han caverns, reproduced in "Les splendeurs de la grotte de Han (Belgique)", Brussels, Bulens, 1900 and "La Lesse ou le pays des grottes", Brussels, Lebègue, 1901, illustrated with 57 photographs. Also exhibited multiple photographs as a member of the "Société d'Archéologie de Bruxelles" in 1902-1904. There is a Rahir collection at the "Société Royale Belge de Géographie". The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels possesses 528 views of archeological sites taken by Rahir between 1902 and 1905, donated in 1931.
Locations
1898 - 1905 Bruxelles
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
BALaT - Rahir, Edmond: http://balat.kikirpa.be/people.php?priref=116430
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3547
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MCC revised 23.5.2018, 27.1.2019 & 12.3.2020; MD revised 5.1.2023 & 20.3.2023