Jozef Van Hoorde was a Flemish

Flanders

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 writer. He first went to the local school (stadsschool) and then to high school at the Koninklijk Athenaeum (E:Royal Athenaeum) in Ghent.

In 1862, he became assistant teacher, but he resigned in 1866, and in 1867 became clerk, of the Gentschen Mercurius after he had been reviser of the paper Commerce de Gand and an editor of Het Volksbelang. When the Flemish weekly Het Volksbelang was founded in 1867, by Julius Vuylsteke

Julius Vuylsteke

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, he was one of the editors together with Julius Sabbe

Julius Sabbe

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, Julius De Vigne

Julius De Vigne

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, and Adolf Hoste

Adolf Hoste

Adolf Hoste was a publisher in Ghent in the 19th century. He was a publisher of Flemish avant garde, such as Anton Bergmann and Novellen of Rosalie and Virginie Loveling. When the Flemish weekly Het Volksbelang was founded by Julius Vuylsteke, in 1867, he was one of the editors together with Julius...

. In 1870, he moved to the redaction of the Gazette van Gent. He wrote contributions to several illustrated magazines and journals.

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• Jozef Van Hoorde