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Jan Van Rijswijck
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
Theodoor van Rijswijck
Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck (Antwerp, 7 July 1811 – Antwerp, 7 May 1849) was a Flemish writer. He was an uncle of the politician Jan Van Rijswijck.
Biography.
He did not get much formal education, but his father, a teacher, read the works of Jacob Cats, Joost van den Vondel and other poets to his children. Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck also became a teacher, but being adventurous, he volunteered for the Belgian independence war against the Netherlands in 1830.