Eugene Goblet d'Alviella
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Eugène Félicien Albert, Count Goblet d'Alviella (Ixelles, 10 August 1846-Ixelles, 9 September 1925) was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium
and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles
(ULB). He was the father of Félix Goblet d'Alviella
, a lawyer and director of the Revue de Belgique.
He became famous for this book The Migration of Symbols, which is one of the foundations of religious archeology. He was a freemason, a member of the lodge Les Amis Philanthropes (initiated in 1870), Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium
(1884), and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council in 1900.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Université Libre de Bruxelles
The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...
(ULB). He was the father of Félix Goblet d'Alviella
Félix Goblet d'Alviella
Félix, Count Goblet d'Alviella was a Belgian lawyer, director of the Revue de Belgique, alderman and Olympic fencer. He was married to Eva Boël , and was the father of Jean Goblet d'Alviella...
, a lawyer and director of the Revue de Belgique.
He became famous for this book The Migration of Symbols, which is one of the foundations of religious archeology. He was a freemason, a member of the lodge Les Amis Philanthropes (initiated in 1870), Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium
Grand Orient of Belgium
The Grand Orient of Belgium The Grand Orient of Belgium The Grand Orient of Belgium (French: Grand Orient de Belgique, Dutch: Grootoosten van Belgie (G.O.B.) is a Belgian cupola of masonic lodges which is only accessible for men, and works in the basic three symbolic degrees of freemasonry.-History:...
(1884), and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council in 1900.
Publications
- The Contemporary Evolution of Religious Thought in England (1885)
- Lectures on the origin and growth of the Conception of God as Illustrated by anthropology and history (1892),being the Hibbert lectures delivered by Eugene at Balliol College, Oxford in 1891, although he was refused the use of a room by the college authority for his nonconformist and nonsectarian views on Christian religion and other analogous matters.
- Eulisinia : De quelques problèmes relatifs aux Mystères d’Eulisis (1903)