- Lieven Gevaert
Lieven Gevaert (
Antwerp ,28 May ,1868 –The Hague ,2 February ,1935 ) was a Flemish industrialist. His father died when he was only three years old. He started his career in the company he founded together with his mother in 1889, which produced photographic paper according to traditional methods. In 1894, he founded the companyGevaert & Co , which in 1920, was transformed toN.V Gevaert Photo-producten .Already at an early age he felt socially responsible and wanted to advance the status of Dutch in Belgium. His personal ideas were strongly influenced by the social encyclical
Rerum Novarum (1891) and the writings ofLodewijk De Raet . He supported several Flemish initiatives as a manager, but stayed outside of politics. His main objectives were the introduction of Dutch as a business language, and the foundation of a sound Dutch-speaking education as a means to establish a Flemish elite. When in 1926, the "Vlaamsch Handelsverbond" (Vlaams Economisch Verbond , VEV) was founded, Gevaert was its first chairman. Later he founded the Sint-Lievenscollege in Antwerp.External links
* [http://www.lievengevaertcentre.be/ Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography and Visual Studies]
* [http://www.maerlant.be/photherel/student/nvgevaert.htm N.V. Gevaert Photo-Producten]
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