Liebrechts, Charles, 1858-1938

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(lcsh) Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonization
(lcsh) Belgium--Colonies--Africa--Administration

found: Guide de la section de L'Etat indépendant du Congo à l'Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897, 1897:t.p. (M. le commandant Liebrechts)

found: Congo : suite à mes Souvenirs d'Afrique, 1920:title page (Le Major Ch. LIEBRECHTS, conseiller d'État honoraire)

found: Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences website, viewed June 11, 2018(LIEBRECHTS (Charles); born Anvers, 7 May 1858; died Brussels, 14 July 1938; secretary general, Département de l'Intérieur de l'État indépendant du CONGO (ÉIC); entered the École militaire at age 20, specialized in artillery; appointed director of the station of Équateur in 1885; left Congo in 1886, returned the following year in the service of the ÉIC, in charge of the strategic center, Léopoldville; returned to Belgium in 1889, entered central administration, named division head at the Intérieur; named secretary general there in 1891; in the early 1900s he became a government delegate to the Compagnie du Katanga, and delegate to the colony at the Chemin de fer du Bas-Congo au Katanga (BCK); with the founding of the Institut royal colonial belge in 1928, he became a member of the Section des Sciences techniques; given noble rank in 1933 by Albert I; he was the only high official of the ÉIC to publish his memoirs)