education predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
doctor of law and political science alphonse goovaerts joseph cuvelier 10 may 1912 ghent schaarbeek belgian head of the state archives in belgium 23 november 1847 1904 arthur gaillard
 1912 arthur gaillard leuven university
arthur gaillard

arthur gaillard -lrb- 1847 -- 1912 -rrb- was the head of the state archives in belgium from 1904 until his death .
his career as an archivist began in 1872 and he worked his way up through all the ranks of the service to become its head .
he instituted the practice of publishing summary inventories of the collections , many of which he prepared himself .
he is best known for fundamental work on the major institutions of the habsburg netherlands , in particular the great council of mechelen and the council of brabant .
