Louis Defré


Louis Defré, 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 clericalism, the Catholic intolerance and the power of the Church in Belgium.
In his honor, his name was given to an avenue of Uccle, the "Avenue De Fré".

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