Charles Henri Geerts, a Belgian sculptor and wood carver, born in Antwerp in 1808, died in 1855. He was professor at the academy of Louvain. Among his principal works are "Christ sinking under the Weight of the Cross," in Leyden; a Madonna in the museum of Brussels; the "Mater Dolorosa" and "St. John in Bristol. At the great exhibition of 1851 he gained a prize medal for his chief contribution, the "Coronation of the Virgin."