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Belgian archivist and historian
Camille Tihon (1890–1972) was a Belgian archivist and historian.
Tihon was born in
Remicourt, Belgium , on 25 June 1890. He studied at the
University of Liège under
Eugène Hubert and
Karl Hanquet , graduating with a doctorate for a thesis on the rule of
Robert of Berghes as
Prince-Bishop of Liège .
[1] From 1912 until his retirement in 1955 he worked at the
Belgian State Archives , first at the
State Archives in Mons and then on secondment to the
State Archives in Liège , before transferring in 1919 to the
Central State Archive in Brussels .
[2] He served as head archivist of the State Archives (1939–1955), and led the efforts to recover archival material transported elsewhere in the
German occupation of Belgium during World War II . After the war he also served as director of the
Belgian Historical Institute in Rome (1948–1955).
From 1955 Tihon was an associate member of the
Commission royale d'Histoire , and from 1 March 1971 a full member.
[2] He died in
Schaerbeek on 7 July 1972.
"Le rôle des financiers italiens à la Monnaie des Comtes de Hainaut. Un acte de société de 1304", in Hommage à Dom Ursmer Berlière (Brussels, 1931), pp. 197-211.
"Les Archives de l'État en Belgique pendant la guerre", Archives, Bibliothèques et Musées de Belgique , 17 (1946), pp. 1-11.
Lettres d'Urbain V, 1366-1370 (Analecta Vaticano-Belgica; Brussels, 1932)
Lettres de Grégoire XI, 1371-1378 (3 vols., Analecta Vaticano-Belgica; Brussels and Rome, 1958–1964)
"Aperçus sur l'établissement des lombards dans les Pays-Bas aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles",
Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire , 39 (1961), pp. 334-364.
A. Louant, "Camille Tihon, Archiviste Général honoraire du Royaume de Belgique, 1890-1972", L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes , 28 (1973), pp. 149-161.
L. Van Meerbeeck, "Camille Tihon, 1890-1972",
Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire , 50 (1972), pp. 730-732.
C. Wyffels, "In Memoriam Camille Tihon (Remicourt 1890-Schaerbeek 1972)", Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique , 44 (1973), pp. 1-5.
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