Antoine Depage (Bosvoorde, 1862-Den Haag, 10 August 1925), was a Belgian surgeon; founder and president of the Belgian Red Cross. He maried Marie Picard in 1893, but his wife dies when on 7 May 1915 the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine. Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde within the Brussels-Capital Region Watermael-Boitsfort (French) or Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company, built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland, and launched on Thursday, June 7, 1906. ...

He studied medicine at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and graduated magna cum laude in 1887. He became one of the founders and the first secretary of the International Surgical Society (1902-1912). In 1907 he founds the first nursing school and Edith Cavell becomes the first director of the school. The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Edith Cavell Statue in memory of Edith Cavell, opposite the National Portrait Gallery, London A propaganda image of Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell (December 4, 1865–October 12, 1915) is a World War I heroine. ...

During World War I he established the military hospital l'Océan at De Panne. He became the first head of the surgical department of the Brugmann hospital (1923). Antoine Depage was a freemason and a member of the Grand Orient of Belgium. This article is becoming very long. ... De Panne: Beach and flats De Panne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... The Grand Orient of Belgium (French Grand Orient de Belgique, Dutch: Grootoosten van Belgie G.O.B.) is a Belgian cupola of masonic lodges which is only accessible for men, and works in the basic three symbolic degrees of freemasonry. ...

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