11 Facts About Victor Dave

Victor Dave was a Belgian editor and journalist best known for his work on anarchist publications and in the International Workingmen's Association.

Victor Dave was born in Aalst, Belgium, on February 25,1847, to a customs officer.

Victor Dave showed interest in freethinking and socialism in his youth and attended the University of Liege and Universite libre de Bruxelles.

Victor Dave represented the international wing at the 1872 Hague Congress and the mechanics of Verviers at the 1873 Geneva Congress.

At the former, Victor Dave read the minority report supporting federative autonomy and voted against anarchist Bakunin's expulsion from the union.

Victor Dave worked on multiple French- and Dutch-language newspapers in the worker's association.

Victor Dave did not participate in the 1873 Spanish Cantonal rebellion despite rumors otherwise.

Victor Dave was arrested for treason in Augsburg in late 1880 and received a five-year sentence at trial.

Victor Dave wrote a biography of Fernand Pelloutier and co-published the Revue generale de bibliographie francaise.

Victor Dave joined the proofreaders and copywriters union in 1911.

Prominent anarchist Emma Goldman wrote of Victor Dave being the most impressive man she met in fin de siecle Paris.