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Tournay, Julien
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Chimay, 1851 - Le Havre [Seine-Maritime, F], 1918
Activity
1888 - 1914 Anvers
Julius Stephanus Josephus, ° 12.2.1851; + 2.3.1918. Captain in charge of the photography section in the engineering corps. In this capacity Tournay took part in ascensions of the military balloon "Argus" based in Antwerp. "The balloon, after reaching an altitude of 2200 metres, covered about 20 leagues [= 110 km], during which time Commander Tournay managed to take a dozen negatives" (Le Soir, 9.7.1888). During a further ascension on 9.8.1888, Tournay took photographs at between 250 and 500 metres above military fortifications. Instantaneous photographs of experiments with explosives, taken in collaboration with Capt. Van Huele, 1892-1893. Major in the engineering corps in 1901, Tournay retired with the rank of colonel in 1911, but voluntarily returned to duty during the Siege of Antwerp in 1914.
Julius Stephanus Josephus, ° 12.2.1851; + 2.3.1918. Captain in charge of the photography section in the engineering corps. In this capacity Tournay took part in ascensions of the military balloon "Argus" based in Antwerp. "The balloon, after reaching an altitude of 2200 metres, covered about 20 leagues [= 110 km], during which time Commander Tournay managed to take a dozen negatives" (Le Soir, 9.7.1888). During a further ascension on 9.8.1888, Tournay took photographs at between 250 and 500 metres above military fortifications. Instantaneous photographs of experiments with explosives, taken in collaboration with Capt. Van Huele, 1892-1893. Major in the engineering corps in 1901, Tournay retired with the rank of colonel in 1911, but voluntarily returned to duty during the Siege of Antwerp in 1914.
Locations
1888 - 1914 Anvers
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1889.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1889 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4153
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 5.8.2017 & 11.7.2018; SFJ revised 6.8.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 7.8.2020; SFJ revised 31.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght