Edmond Picard

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Edmond Picard
Born	(1836-12-15)15 December 1836 Brussels, Belgium
Died	19 February 1924(1924-02-19) (aged 87) Namur, Belgium
Occupation(s)	jurist, playwright, journalist

Edmond Picard (15 December 1836 – 19 February 1924) was a Belgian jurist and writer. He was a leading theoretician of antisemitism and racism in Belgium, as well as a champion of Belgian nationalism through his notions of the "Belgian soul" and Belgian martyrdom in World War I. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.^[1]