RAET, LODEWIJK DE

(1870-1914)

An economist, Lodewijk de Raet was born in Brussels on 17 February 1870. A proponent of Flemish nationalism, he held that the economic development ofFlanderswas a necessary precondition to its cultural emancipation and to enhanced political power. Many of his writings are collected inOver Vlaamsche Volkstracht(On Flemish popular power [1906-1913]). He died inForeston 24 November 1914.