Editing Hendrik Conscience (section)

===Later life and death===
In 1867 the position of keeper of the Royal Belgian Museums was created and given to him at King Leopold's demand. From then on, he lived in the custodian's house of the Wiertz Museum, now adjacent to the European Parliament. He continued to produce novels with great regularity, his publications amounting to nearly eighty in number. He was by now the most eminent of Belgian writers. In Antwerp, his 70th birthday was celebrated with public festivities.{{sfn|Gosse|1911|p=971}} After a long illness, he died at his house in Brussels in 1883.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023|reason=EB1911 says Antwerp, but this may be a mistake}} His funeral was held nearby, at St Boniface's Church in Ixelles. He was buried at the [[Schoonselhof cemetery]] in Antwerp, his tomb a monument honoring the great writer.