Facts:   - death place: elsene , belgium    - birth name: charles alexandre louis graux    - death date: 22 january 1910      - birth date: 4 january 1837    - name: charles a. l. graux    - nationality: belgium    - birth place: brussels , belgium    - occupation: politician , lawyer , professor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles graux -lrb- politician -rrb- .
charles alexandre louis graux -lrb- 4 january 1837 -- 22 january 1910 -rrb- was a belgian lawyer , professor at the universite libre de bruxelles , and a liberal politician .he co-founded `` la liberté '' and the `` ligue de l'enseignement '' , and was the director of `` la discussion '' .he was belgium 's minister of finance from 1879 to 1884 .he was a member of belgium 's chamber of representatives from 1890 to 1894 .he was made a minister of state in 1900 .