Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg


Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas de Reiffenberg was a baron, Belgian writer, historian-medievalist, linguist. Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, member of the Academic Senate and professor at the State University of Leuven.

Biography

Reiffenberg was professor of philosophy at the State University of Leuven from 1822, and gave lectures on medieval history at the University of Liège from 1835. He later became a curator at the Royal Library of Belgium.
His son, Frédéric Guillaume de Reiffenberg, was a writer, poet, and playwright. He wrote poems, drama plays, critical sketches, novels, articles, and books on military administration.

Selected Works