Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
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Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician known as the founder of the Free University of Brussels. He was twice chairman of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
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Verhaegen with masonic symbols
Main building of the Free University of Brussels, now the Solbosch/Solbos campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Saint Verhaegen festivities at the Square du Grand Sablon/Grote Zavelsquare, Brussels
The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has four campuses: the Solbosch/Solbos campus, the La Plaine/Het Plein campus, the Erasme/Erasmus ca
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
…so much enthusiasm that the plan immediately collected money. Already on 20 November of that year the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel) was created in the Gothic Room of Brussels' Town Hall. Although he was not the actual inventor of a university in…
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, founder of the Free University of Brussels
The Free University, then housed in the Granvelle Palace, c. 1900
The university's football team that won the bronze medal at the 1900 Olympic Games