Frédéric de Reiffenberg

Frédéric de Reiffenberg (born November 14, 1795 in Mons , † April 18, 1850 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode / Sint-Joost-ten-Node ) was a Belgian polygraph , historian , librarian , Romanist and Medievalist .

life and work

Baron Frédéric de Reiffenberg was professor of philosophy at the University of Leuven from 1822 and of history at the University of Liège from 1835 . In 1837 (after a plagiarism affair ) he went to the Royal Library of Belgium as chief curator . He was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium (1823) and several foreign academies and scientific societies. Since 1842 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1844 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Reiffenberg published six volumes of Archives philologiques (1825–1830), the Annuaire de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique , 12 volumes (1840–1851), and the Bulletin du bibliophile belge (1845ff). He published Vol. 9.1 (1844) in the library of the Litterarian Society in Stuttgart .

Further works (Romance studies, selection)

(Ed.) Chronique métrique de Chastelain et de Molinet , Brussels 1836
Notice sur François-Juste-Marie Raynouard , Brussels 1839
(Ed.) Le Chevalier au Cygne et Godefroid de Bouillon, poème historique publié pour la première fois avec des nouvelles recherches sur les Légend qui ont rapport à la Belgique, un travail et des documents sur les croisades (achevé par A. Borgnet), Brussels 1846-1859
(Ed.) Gilles de Chin. Poème de Gautier de Tournay, trouvère du XIVe siècle, publié pour la première fois , Brussels 1847

Web links

Notice on Frédéric-Auguste-Ferdinand-Thomas baron de Reiffenberg. PDF 5.8 MB at academieroyale.be (with list of publications)
Literature by and about Frédéric de Reiffenberg in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Literature by and about Frédéric de Reiffenberg in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 198.

personal data
SURNAME	Reiffenberg, Frédéric de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian polygraph, historian, librarian, Romanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mons
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 1850
Place of death	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 198.