HUYSMANS, CAMILLE (1871— ), Belgian states man, was born at Bilsen in Belgian Limbourg on May 26, 1871. After graduating in Germanic philology at Liege, he became a professor, first at the College Liberal at Ypres, and then at the Universite Nouvelle, Brussels. He wrote in the Peuple and other Socialist papers, and, after the World War, started the Flemish Volksgazet in Antwerp. He entered the Chamber in 191o, first as deputy for Brussels and then for Antwerp, where he became an alderman of public instruction. From 1905 till 1922 he was secretary of the Socialist International Bureau, and while in Holland in 1917 endeavoured to organize the Stockholm Inter national Socialist Congress. After the War he became the chief organizer of the Socialist Party in Antwerp. In June 1925 he became minister of science and arts. His chief works are : Limburgsch Jaarboek (1891-95) ; Toponymische Studie (in con junction with J. Cuvelier, 1897) ; Stockholm (1919) ; De Coster's Stephanie (1926) ; Don Juan, a Flemish dramatic work of the 18th century (1928) ; The Works of De Swaen (4 vol., 1928) ; and numerous Socialist reports and brochures.