| LC control no. | no2014020735 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Weyer, Sylvain van de, 1802-1874 |
| Variant(s) | Van de Weyer, Sylvain, 1802-1874 De Weyer, Sylvain van, 1802-1874 Van de Weyer, Jean-Sylvain, 1802-1874 Weyer, Jean-Sylvain van de, 1802-1874 De Weyer, Jean-Sylvain van, 1802-1874 |
| Birth date | 18020119 |
| Death date | 18740523 |
| Place of birth | Louvain (Belgium) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Politicians Prime ministers |
| Found in | Oeuvres complètes de Pierre-Édouard Lémontey, 1829: title page (Sylvain Van de Weyer) Wikipedia, February 6, 2014 (Sylvain Van de Weyer; Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer was a Belgian politician and the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James (effectively the ambassador to the United Kingdom); Van de Weyer was born in Louvain (Leuven) on January 19, 1802; he studied law at the State University of Louvain and set up as a lawyer in Brussels in 1823; he frequently defended newspapers and journalists which fell foul of the government of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands; during the Belgian Revolution in 1830 he became a member of the central committee of the Provisional Government of Belgium; his command of the English language resulted in him serving as a diplomatic representative of the revolutionaries; King Leopold I appointed Van de Weyer his special representative in London; Van de Weyer later served as the eighth Prime Minister of Belgium (July 30, 1845-March 31, 1846); he was Vice-President of the London Library from 1848 until his death in London on May 23, 1874 VIAF, February 6, 2014 (Van De Weyer, Jean Sylvain, 1802-1874; Van de Weyer, Sylvain, 1802-1874; Van De Weyer, Sylvain; Weyer, Silvain van de, 1802-1874) |
| Associated language | fre eng |
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