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33:. However, another source mentions that Auguste t’Kint was born in Antwerp on 22 November 1816, as son of Pierre-Joseph t’Kint, a broker at the stock exchange of Antwerp, and Anne Waumans. From 1832 to 1840, Auguste t’Kint worked for several trading companies in Antwerp and Brussels.
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