Jean Stecher
{{Short description|Belgian literary historian and literary critic}}
Auguste Jean Stecher (1820–1909) was a Belgian literary historian and literary critic, sometimes writing under the pen name Lieven Everwyn, who was a professor at Ghent University and University of Liège and a contributor to the Biographie Nationale de Belgique. His magnum opus was a 4-volume edition of the works of Jean Lemaire de Belges.
Life
Stecher was born in Ghent on 11 October 1820. His parents kept a hotel in the city.Walter Gobbers, "Stecher (Jean Auguste)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, [https://www.academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2093.pdf vol. 34] (Brussels, 1967), 726-734. He studied at the state secondary school and the state university there, obtaining a doctorate in 1841. He began teaching at the University of Ghent, in 1850 transferring to the University of Liège.
He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium on 8 May 1876 and a full member on 9 May 1881.{{Cite web|url=http://www.academieroyale.be/fr/la-biographie-nationale-personnalites-detail/personnalites/jean-stecher/Vrai/|website=academieroyale.be|title=Auguste Jean Stecher}}
Stecher died in Liège on 3 September 1909.
Works
;As author
- (as Lieven Everwyn), Korte levensschets van Jacob Van Artevelde (Ghent, 1845)[https://books.google.com/books?id=lXY-AAAAcAAJ Korte levensschets] on Google Books.
- (as Lieven Everwyn), De eerste Fransche Revolutie (Ghent, 1848)[https://books.google.com/books?id=PkRHAAAAcAAJ De eerste Fransche Revolutie] on Google Books.
- Flamands et Wallons (Liège, 1859)[https://books.google.com/books?id=N4tBAAAAcAAJ Flamands et Wallons] on Google Books.
- Étude sur les proverbes (Liège, 1861)[https://books.google.com/books?id=QSZbAAAAQAAJ Étude sur les proverbes] on Google Books.
- Histoire de la Littérature néerlandaise en Belgique (Brussels, 1886)
;As editor
- Oeuvres de Jean Lemaire de Belges (4 vols., Leuven, 1882-1891)
;As translator
- Hendrik Conscience, La Guerre des Paysans (2 vols., Liège, 1853)
;Articles
- "Le Drame réaliste au Moyen Age", Revue de Belgique, vol. 34 (1880)
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