Jan Van Rijswijck

Jan Van Rijswijck
Jan Van Rijswijck
	Jan van Rijswijck
Born	14 February 1853; Antwerp, Belgium
Died	23 September 1906 (aged 53); Testelt, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	politician, lawyer, journalist

Jan Van Rijswijck ([14 February 1853 – 23 September 1906), was a Belgian lawyer, liberal politician and journalist.

Education

He started his education at the boarding school of Melle and continued his education at the Catholic University of Leuven and finally at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, where he graduated as a Doctor in Law on 20 April 1876.

Career

He established himself as a lawyer in Antwerp. On 25 October 1881 he became a member of the municipal Council of Antwerp and on 28 October 1889 he was appointed alderman of education. In 1892, he succeeded Leopold De Wael as mayor of Antwerp. From 1892 up to 1906 he was mayor of Antwerp, and from 1900 up to 1906 a Member of Parliament.

While he was mayor the Antwerp World Fair of 1894 was held, several important buildings were constructed such as for the pilotage, the Antwerp Central Station and the toll house. Also in the port of Antwerp the construction of the Kanaaldok was started, and as a result the activity of the port expanded.

Of the many speeches, which he held on judicial matters, Flanders and ships, only a few were published: on Abraham Lincoln (recitation, Antw. 1877); George Washington (recitation Antw. 1879); Cavour (recitation, Antw. 1879); all due to the Willemsfonds. In the Antwerp journals he published several articles from 1883 up to 2 September 1888 and most of the editorials he wrote for the De Kleine Gazet.

Sources

Jan Van Rijswijck (Dutch)
Jan Van Rijswijck (Liberal archive)

gollark: Ubq apparently considers it quite funny that it has specific examples for advertising but not inciting racial hatred or something.

gollark: Having an overly broad harshly punished rule and then selectively enforcing it is worse than a narrower rule which might not cover some cases, except we have never actually had advertising issues not covered already.

gollark: This is excessive though.

gollark: This is not clear or coherent. "Palaiologos arbitrarily bans you for links they dislike" is not a good rule because rules should be consistently applied so you can predict the results of things.

gollark: I think you're just rationalising the baidicoot thing.

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