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Louis Defré, burgomaster of Uccle.

Louis Defré (1816-1880), was a burgomaster mayor of Uccle, Belgium, from 1864 to 1872, and deputy

Biography

Louis Defré, was raised in a rigid catholic family and environment, and he studied at the new founded Catholic University of Leuven.

He became in 1839 lawyer, and a member of the House of Representatives.

Under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron or Joseph Boniface he wrote pamphlets against the power of the Church in Belgium.

Publications

  • Influence épiscopale: Réponse à M. Prosper Cornesse, ministre de la justice par Louis de Fré, Brussels, 1871.

Publications under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron

  • Le Parti libéral joué par le Parti catholique, dans la question de l'enseignement supérieur ou Ce que coûte aux contribuables l'Université cléricale de Louvain : épitre à Mgr. De Ram, Brussels by Périchon, 1850.

Publications under the pseudonym Joseph Boniface

  • Tiel Uylenspiegel patriote, Brussels, 1860.
  • De l'influence du dogme catholique sur la politique nationale, Brussels, 1855.
  • L'intolérance catholique et les lettres pastorales, Brussels, 1857.
  • Biographie anecdotique, par un ami d'enfance, Brussels, 1881.

Bibliography

  • J. Francis, Uccle et ses bourgmestres, Bruxelles, 1979, pp. 179-182.
  • Pol Delfosse, Dictionnaire historique de la laïcité belge.