# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonse-van-gele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:11.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonse-van-gele"
name: "Alphonse van Gèle"
slug: "alphonse-van-gele"
description: "Alphonse van Gèle, also written van Gele or Vangele, was a Belgian soldier who served as the Vice-Governor General of the Congo Free State from December 1897 until January 1899. \nHe established the Equator Station, or Station de l’Équateur, today Mbandaka, and concluded a treaty with the powerful Zanzibar trader Tippu Tip at the Stanley Falls station, today Kisangani.\nHe is known for having confirmed that the Uele River was the upper part of the Ubangi River."
tagline: "Belgian explorer of Congo (1848–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanley_Founding_of_Congo_Free_State_265_Lieutenant_Vangele.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1848-04-25"
deathDate: "1939-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.670806666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_van_G%C3%A8le"
    title: "Alphonse van Gèle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Алфонс ван Геле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_van_G%C3%A8le"
    title: "Alphonso van Gèle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_van_G%C3%A8le"
    title: "Alphonso van Gèle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Van_Gele"
    title: "Alphonse Van Gele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%ED%90%81%EC%8A%A4_%ED%8C%90_%ED%97%AC%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "알퐁스 판 헬러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2651116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump