Baron Empain was CEO of the Schneider group (Schneider-Empain). The Baron was the son of Jean, 2nd Baron Empain, and the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph...
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Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain (20 September 1852 – 22 July 1929), was a wealthy Walloon Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist...
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Baron Louis Empain, originally Louis Becker (1908—1976) was a Belgian financier. Louis was born in Brussels on 3 January 1908, the youngest son of Édouard...
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salons and gallery exhibits in Belgium. In 1922, Buisseret married Emilie Empain, who often acted as a model for him. Buisseret's work was exhibited at the...
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investigation into the assassination of Prince Jean de Broglie and, in 1978, the kidnapping of Baron Empain. This granite has been repainted white to hide...
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1832. The Monster Mortar was ordered by the Belgian Minister of War Baron Empain. Conceived by the French artillery officer Henri-Joseph Paixhans, the 24...
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in addition to the Brussels head office, and also controlled the former Empain Bank renamed the Banque Industrielle Belge.: 59–60 In 1946, the SBB acquired...
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worked with chief architect Alexandre Marcel for developer Édouard Louis Joseph Empain. Closson also executed Marcel's competition-winning design for a...
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Enghien gardens were sold in 1924. The buyer is François Empain (1862–1935), brother of Édouard Empain, who already rented the estate. He paid much attention...
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became known as Wallonia. Édouard Empain, (1852–1929), a wealthy engineer and entrepreneur; built the Paris Métro Louis De Geer, (1587–1652) merchant, industrialist...
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Brussels, on the Boulevard Général Jacques/Generaal Jacqueslaan, the Villa Empain (1930–1934) on the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Rooseveltlaan, and...
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Another famous piece is the Ishango bone, which was discovered in 1960 by Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt in the Belgian Congo. The museum also houses a...
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1933 – 6 April: The Synagogue of Anderlecht is consecrated. 1934 The Villa Empain is built. The Citroën Garage is built. 22 February: The funeral of King...
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also taken hostage when he tried to secure her release. Baron Édouard-Jean Empain: Industrialist who was kidnapped for ransom. His captors cut off one...
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Airport). The company income grew modestly in the late 1950s. In 1962 Jean-Edouard Empain became a director of the company. The company returned to large scale...
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Los Angeles, California, by Claud Beelman (1930) Entrance of the Villa Empain in Ixelles (Brussels) by Michel Polak (1930–1934) Cincinnati Union Terminal...
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Blauwe Major General Doctor Antoine Depage Major General Baron Edouard Empain Belgium portal Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium "Royal Decree...
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Mathurins no. 53), Paris, unknown architect, c.1910 Indian inspiration - Baron Empain Palace, Heliopolis, Egypt, by Alexandre Marcel, 1911 Islamic inspiration:...
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the next day. The kidnappers of a Belgian industrialist, Baron Edouard-Jean Empain, freed him after nine weeks of captivity after the chief suspect, Alain...
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construction of the city's second wall, following the 1356 occupation by Louis II, Count of Flanders, the castle was no longer necessary as a primary defence...
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warships during the Rio Nuñez Incident, Paul Jean Clays, c. 1850 Portrait of Guillaume Delcourt, Louis Joseph Ghémar, 1854 A part of the collection of...
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part of the Europa building), the Centre for Fine Arts (1928), the Villa Empain (1934), the Town Hall of Forest (1938), and the Flagey Building (formerly...
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1909 were the CCCI, the Banque d'Outremer, the SGB, the Comfina, Édouard Empain, the Banque de Bruxelles, De Nederlandsche Bank, and banker Franz Philippson...
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Manneken Pis (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
2018, Manneken Pis received his 1000th costume, created by fashion designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard. The costume change on the figure is a colourful ceremony...
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Baron Édouard Descamps (Grand Officier), jurist and politician Édouard Empain (Officier, 1900), engineer, financier and industrialist Zénobe Gramme (Chevalier)...
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Hassan El Glaoui, 93, Moroccan painter. Édouard-Jean Empain, 80, French-Belgian industrialist (Schneider-Empain) and kidnapping victim. H. Tristram Engelhardt...
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designed by de Groot. The three rondels representing Rubens, Van Ruysbroek, and Jean de Bologne, symbolising Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture respectively...
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Blauwe Major General Doctor Antoine Depage Major General Baron Edouard Empain Plk. gst. Jaroslav Hajicek (Czechoslovakia) Belgium portal Orders, decorations...
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(Kinshasa) Dendale Kikwit Poto-Poto Kindu Kindu Port-Émpain Kindu Empain-Haven Named in honour of Edouard Empain, Belgian industrialist Kinshasa Léopoldville...
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building began to languish away, and in 1970, the firm closed its doors. Jean Delhaye, a former aide of Horta, saved the building from demolition, and...
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