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Ghent, Belgium
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.gent.be/
Population:
229,344 (2004)
SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Leo Baekeland |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1863 |
23-Feb-1944 |
Father of plastics |
| Corneille Heymans |
Scientist |
28-Mar-1892 |
18-Jul-1968 |
Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors |
| Victor Horta |
Architect |
6-Jan-1861 |
9-Sep-1947 |
Art Nouveau architect |
| John of Gaunt |
Royalty |
Mar-1340 |
3-Feb-1399 |
Duke of Lancaster |
| Maurice Maeterlinck |
Playwright |
29-Aug-1862 |
6-May-1949 |
Pelléas et Mélisande |
| Jacques Rogge |
Sports Figure |
2-May-1942 |
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President of the Int'l Olympic Committee |
| George Sarton |
Historian |
31-Aug-1884 |
22-Mar-1956 |
Introduction to the History of Science |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Henry Burghersh |
Government |
1292 |
4-Dec-1340 |
Chancellor of England, 1328-30 |
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