Auguste Voisin

Auguste Voisin (1800–1843) was a French-born Belgian historian, librarian and university professor.

[1] From 1825 to 1830, he taught rhetoric at a school in Kortrijk, and in 1830 became a private tutor in Ghent.

On 15 December 1837, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, and in 1840 he was appointed extraordinary professor at the university.

[1] He was among the editorial board that in 1839 launched the Messager des sciences historiques.

He died of a brain haemorrhage while dining with a friend in Ghent on 4 February 1843, and was buried three days later.