Raet, Lodewijk De 1870-1914
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Born 1870 · died 1914
Lodewijk De Raet was a Flemish economist and politician. He played an important role in the Flemish movement. He was co-founder of the Vlaamsche volkspartij (1892), and was a proponent of the use of Dutch instead of French at the University of Ghent in Flanders. He believed that the economic development of Flanders was necessary for the political and cultural strengthening of the region. His motto was: taalbelang is stoffelijk belang.
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Where the papers are held
The surviving papers of Raet, Lodewijk De 1870-1914 are held at Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde; Letterenhuis.
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