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Philippe Dautzenberg

Philippe Dautzenberg

Naturalist

War dead, Science, France

1 memorial

Rombaud Dodonee

Rombaud Dodonee

Botanist. Actual, Flemish name: Rembert Dodoens. Author of the "Cruydeboek" (Herbs-book).

War dead, Science

1 memorial

Jean-Jules Linden

Jean-Jules Linden

Born Luxembourg. Botanist, orchid specialist, explored central and south America. He was the first director of the Zoological Gardens.

War dead, Science, Luxembourg

1 memorial

Gerard Mercator

Gerard Mercator

Geographer. Born Flanders, son of a poor cobbler. "Mercator" is the Latin translation of his name, Gerard Kremer. He invented a means of projecting the spherical world onto a flat sheet of pape...

War dead, Science, Seriously Famous

1 memorial

Adolphe Quetelet

Adolphe Quetelet

Born Ghent. Scientist (mathematics, astronomy, meteorology, anthropology, sociology) and humorist. (Strange, we know, but that is what the "New Dictionary of Belgians" lists). First Secretary of...

War dead, Science

2 memorials

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