Education
He studied law at the Francophone University of Liège (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands), where he earned his degree.
He studied law at the Francophone University of Liège (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands), where he earned his degree.
Born at Maastricht, Van Hasselt was first educated at the Koninklijk Atheneum in his native town. From 1827 up to 1832 he established himself as a lawyer in Maastricht. In 1833 he left Maastricht, then blockaded by the Belgian forces, and made his way to Brussels, where he became a naturalized Belgian, and was attached to the Bibliothèque de Bourgogne.
In 1843 he entered the education department, and eventually became a provincial inspector of normal/elementary schools in Antwerp.
Two years later he was appointed special inspector to the normal schools and kept this job until he died at Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, a suburb of Brussels, on 1 December 1874. Charles Hen and Louis Alvin.
He wrote many books for children, chiefly under the pseudonym of Alfred Avelines. And studies on historical and literary subjects.
The books written in collaboration with Charles Hen are signed Charles André.
A bibliography of his writings is appended to the notice by Louis Alvin in the Biographie national de Belgique, volunteer vii. Van Hasselt"s fame has continued to increase since his death. A series of tributes to his memory are printed in the Poesies choisies (1901), edited by M. Georges Barral for the Collection des poètes français de l"etranger.
This book contains a biographical and critical study by Jules Guillaume, and some valuable notes on the poet"s theories of rhythm.
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.