Camille Wins

Camille Wins (7 November 1803 — 4 October 1856) was a Belgian lawyer and writer.

Biography Early life and education Camille Bernard Joseph Wins was born in Mons, Hainaut Province, Department of Jemmapes, French Republic (now Belgium) on 7 November 1803.

He joined the Society of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Hainaut shortly after its founding in 1833, offering his diverse studies and collaboration, leading to his appointment as vice president in the 1840s and eventually president. In May 1839, the lawyer residing in Mons was a witness before the notary André Baudelet of Mons for the establishment of the Limited company of the machine and mechanical construction workshops of Boussu . He acted as one of the company's commissioners, with headquarters in Boussu, a district of Mons.

In 1845, as vice president of the Society of Sciences and Letters of Hainaut and Belgian Bibliophiles' secretary, Wins published Phrenological Discourse on Napoleon about Napoleon I. He also paid homage to the Prince President of the French Republic Napoleon III. Charles-François de Ladoucette, a member of French Senate, had the honour of presenting a copy of the Memoirs and Publications of the Society of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Hainaut to the prince.

The Society of Arts and Letters of Hainaut formed a commission in 1840, including Camille Wins, A. Lacroix, and Adolphe Mahieu, to coordinate with Mons' administration for a Roland de Lassus statue. By 1850, Wins was appointed by the State to an 8-member commission to submit preliminary measures. The first stone was laid on 8 September 1851 in the presence of Leopold II.

On 28 September 1856, during public celebrations of the 26th anniversary of Belgian independence at the Grand-Place de Mons, Wins fell from the top of a balcony onto flagstones below, suffering internal injuries.

Death Camille Wins died in Mons, Belgium on 4 October 1856. His funeral took place on 6 October 1856. On the part that the Hainaut science society took in the erection of the statue of Orlande de Lassus, famous composer from Mons , 1854