The New International Encyclopædia/Dechamps, Adolphe

​DECHAMPS, d𝑒-shäɴ′, Adolphe (1807–75). A Belgian statesman, born at Melle, East Flanders. He became Governor of the Province of Luxembourg in 1842 and Minister of Public Works in 1843. He was the foremost promoter of railroad communication in Belgium, and, in association with de Decker, was the founder of the Revue de Bruxelles, a Catholic organ which exerted a marked influence from 1837 to 1850. He had considerable ability as a writer, and a thorough familiarity with the political conditions of his time, as evidenced by his works, which include: L’Empire et l’Angleterre (1860); La France et l’Allemagne (1865); Le Prince de Bismarck et l’entrevue des trois empereurs (1873).

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