Charles Auguste Benjamin Hippolyte (Auguste) Houzeau de Lehaie
1832–1922
Belgian professor and politician. Brother of the astronomer Jean-Charles Houzeau. Studied in Paris, 1844–8, Mons, and Brussels. Professor of political economy, School of Mines, Mons, 1870–1905. Mayor of Hyon, 1867–78; member of the Council of Mons, in charge of state education, 1882–84; sat for Mons in the Chamber of Representatives, 1878–94.
Source
BNB vol. 35.
Bibliography
BNB: Biographie nationale publiée par l’académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. 44 vols., including 16 supplements. Brussels: H. Thiry-Van Buggenhoudt [and others]. 1866–1986.
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