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The Francqui Foundation was founded in 1932 by Emile Francqui and Herbert Hoover with the goal "to further the development of higher education and scientific research in Belgium". The foundation is a private foundation under the legal from of a Belgian "Institution of Public Utility". The Francqui Foundation wants to encourage the prestige of disinterested fundamental research. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...
Emile Francqui ( Brussels, 25 June 1863 - Brussels, 1 November 1935) was a Belgian soldier, diplomat and business man. ...
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a world-famous mining engineer, and humanitarian administrator. ...
Francqui Prize
In 1933, the Francqui Prize is granted for the first time. This prize is intended for those Belgians who have made an important contribution to science and thereby to Belgium. Henri Pirenne, Christian de Duve, and Ilya Prigogine are among those who have received this prize. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholary and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young (under 50) Belgian scholar or scientist. ...
Henri Pirenne (December 23, 1862, Verviers - October 25, 1935, Uccle) was a leading Belgian historian. ...
Christian de Duve (born October 2, 1917) is a biochemist. ...
Ilya Prigogine (January 25, 1917 – May 28, 2003) was a Belgian physicist and chemist noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. ...
Francqui Chairs A Belgian or non-Belgian scientist can be invited by the Francqui Foundation for a stay at a Belgian university. The scientist should participate in the scientific life and provide a specialized teaching. The proposal for the invitation is made by two or more Belgian universities.
See also The Belgian American Educational Foundation or BAEF is an independent philanthropy which supports the exchange of university students, scientists and scholars between the United States and Belgium. ...
LAcadèmie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique or The Royal Academy for Sciences, Letters and Arts of Belgium is one of the two royal academies on science and the arts in Belgium, being first so named in 1845. ...
The Academia Belgica was founded in 1939 when the Belgian princess Marie-José married the Italian crown prince Umberto. ...
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