Victor Coremans
Belgian archivist, journalist, historian, and author
Victor Amédée Jacques Marie Coremans (5 October 1802 – 23 October 1872) was a Belgian archivist, journalist, historian, and political activist. He supported the Flemish Movement, advocating nationhood for Flanders.
Life and career
Victor was born in Brussels on 5 October 1802, the son of Jacques-Jean Coremans, a judge, and Anne-Marie Vandersande. In 1821 he was banished from Vienna for sedition. In 1824 he edited the Erlanger Zeitung. From 1831 to 1832, while living in Munich, he published and edited the Nuremberg radical newspaper Die Freie Presse (The Free Press). The Bavarian authorities responded by laying political charges on him, for which he was imprisoned. While in prison he wrote three German-language books that were well-received in Germany: Die Stimme aus dem Kerker (The Voice from the Dungeon), Kerkerblumen (Dungeon Flowers), and Die göttlichen Befreier (The Divine Liberator).
After his release he spent some time in Switzerland before returning to his native Belgium. On 13 April 1836, he was appointed as a collaborator to the newly created Commission royale d'Histoire in Brussels.
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