Auguste Couvreur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste Couvreur

Belgian politician and publicist

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1827

Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1894

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Auguste Pierre Louis Couvreur (24 October 1827 in Ghent – 23 April 1894 in Ixelles) was a Belgian politician and publicist. Couvreur, was the senior foreign member of the Cobden Club, and has been connected with the Independence Belge both as contributor and editor, was for twenty years one of the Liberal representatives of Brussels, and for four years Vice-President of the Chamber.
In 1894 he briefly belonged to the newly formed Société Belge d'Études Coloniales.He founded the first municipal girls' school for secondary education in Brussels, called 'Ecole professionnelle pour jeunes filles' .
This school is now known as 'Institut De Mot-Couvreur'( it merged with the Institut De Mot' and was set up in 1975).
One of his interests apart from free trade was education and social progress