Emile Cammaerts

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1878 – 1953

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Who was Emile Cammaerts?

Professor Émile Leon Cammaerts CBE was a Belgian playwright, poet and author who wrote primarily in English and French.

Demonstrating his interests, Cammaerts translated three books by art, history and landscapes expert John Ruskin and selected G. K. Chesterton Father Brown detective stories in La clairvoyance du père Brown.

He became Professor of Belgian Studies at the University of London in 1933, most of his works and papers are held there in the Senate House Library, and Emeritus Professor on retiring.

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Born
1878
Brussels
Also known as
  • Émile Cammaerts
Died
1953

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on July 23, 2013

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