Eugène Goblet d'Alviella

Eugène Goblet d'Alviella

Eugene Goblet d'Alviella

Eugene Goblet d'Alviella
Born Eugène Félicien Albert
(1846-08-10)10 August 1846
Ixelles, Belgium
Died 9 September 1925(1925-09-09) (aged 79)
Ixelles, Belgium
Nationality Belgium
Occupation politician, lawyer, academic

Eugène Félicien Albert, Count Goblet d'Alviella (10 August 1846 – 9 September 1925) was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).[1] He was the father of Félix Goblet d'Alviella, a lawyer and director of the Revue de Belgique.

He became famous for this book The Migration of Symbols,[2] which is one of the foundations of religious archeology. He was a freemason, a member of the lodge Les Amis Philanthropes (initiated in 1870), Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium (1884), and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council in 1900.

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References

  1. Kreglinger, R., Le Comte Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, in : Le Flambeau, jg. 8, nr. 12, dec. 1925, p. 437-444
  2. Symbols: Their Migration and Universality, Count Eugene Goblet d'Alviella, Dover Publications

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