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Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde (8 January 1720 — 26 December 1796) was a Belgian historian, writer, and poet.
Biography
Patrice (or Patricius) Antoine Beaucourt de Noortvelde was born in Bruges, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) on 8 January 1720.
He held the position of lawyer at the Council in Flanders and worked as a tax lawyer for the Tonlieu of Bruges.
He authored a historical description of the Church of Our Lady in Bruges in 1773, featuring a chronological account of all the religious figures and a compilation of ancient and modern epitaphs from this church.
Death
Patrice Beaucourt died in Bruges, Département de la Lys, French First Republic (now Belgium) on 26 November 1796.
Family
He had a son named Charles Jacques Joseph and a daughter named Marie Joséphine Isabelle.
Works
Description of the lordship and lands of the provost extending within and the city of Bruges, 1764
Historical Description of the Church of Notre Dame in Bruges (French: Description historique de l église Notre Dame à Bruges), 1773
Year books of the land of the Free (Dutch: Jaer-boeken van den lande van den Vryen), 1785
Faithful Table of the Troubles and Revolutions in Flanders from 1500 to 1586 (French: Tableau fidèle des troubles et révolutions arrivés en Flandre depuis 1500 jusqu'à 1586)
External links
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