Hippolyte Rolin

{{Short description|Belgian politician}}

Hippolyte Rolin, (born Kortrijk 6 September 1804; died Ghent 8 March 1888) was a lawyer and Belgian Minister of Public Works 1848-1850.{{cite book |title=Revue de droit international et de législation comparée |date=1910 |publisher=M. Weissenbruch |location=Bruxelles |page=140 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Revue_de_droit_international_et_de_l%C3%A9gi/mTLlfHoKjXoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Hippolyte+Rolin+%271848%22&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover |access-date=24 November 2024 |language=fr}}

Hippolyte Rolin was the father of Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns and uncle by marriage of Joseph Hellebaut. Rolin studied at the University of Ghent where he finished his studies in 1827{{cite book |title=Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique |date=1880 |publisher=Hayez |page=130 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bulletins_de_l_Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_des_Scie/udd4ziR3xjIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Hippolyte+Rolin+%221827%22&pg=PA130&printsec=frontcover |access-date=24 November 2024 |language=fr}} with distinction. He then went to upgrade{{clarify|date=March 2014}} to Berlin where he attended seminars of Savigny and Hegel.

During his tenure as Minister of Public Works, Rolin was responsible for the creation of the first Belgian postage stamp, the so-called Epaulettes type, in 1849.