October 5, 1911 Flobecq, Belgium February 23 , 1993Ostend, Belgium Robert Triffin, (born Oct. 5, 1911, Flobecq, Belgium died Feb. 23, 1993, Ostend, Belgium) Belgian-born economist who, warned in 1962 that without a complete overhaul the international system of fixed exchange rates established at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 would inevitably collapse under the weight of a "dollar glut".
May 21 , 1901Ghent, Belgium December 11 , 1992Brussels, Belgium Suzanne Lilar, (born May 21 , 1901 Ghent, Belgium died December 11 , 1992 Brussels) Belgian essayist, novelist, and playwright, the mother of the novelist Françoise Mallet-Joris.
August 24, 1898 Longlier, Belgium May 22 , 1983Brussels, Belgium Albert Claude, (born August 24, 1898, Longlier, Belgium died May 22 , 1983 Brussels) Belgian-American cytologist who developed the principal methods of separating and analyzing components of the living cell.
September 23, 1897 Antheit, Belgium July 20 , 1994Veurne, Belgium Paul Delvaux, (born September 23 , 1897 Antheit, Liège, Belgium died July 20 , 1994 Veurne) Belgian Surrealist painter and printmaker whose canvases typically portray transfixed nudes and skeletons in mysterious settings.
April 4, 1912 Edegem, Belgium November 29 , 1997Zoersel, Belgium Paul Willems, (born April 4, 1912, Edegem, Belgium died November 29 , 1997 Zoersel) Belgian novelist and playwright whose playful strategies and fascination with language, doubles, analogies, and mirror images mask a modern tragic sensibility.
C. 1460 Oudewater, Netherlands August 13 , 1523Brugge, Belgium Gerard David, (born c. 1460, Oudewater, Netherlands died August 13 , 1523 Bruges [now in Belgium]), Netherlandish painter who was the last great master of the Bruges school.
C. 1420 Baerle, Belgium 1472 or 1473 Brugge, Belgium Petrus Christus, (born c. 1420, Baerle, Brabant [now in Belgium] died 1472/73, Bruges), South Netherlandish painter who reputedly introduced geometric perspective into the Netherlands.
March 13 , 1897Charleroi, Belgium September 5, 1977 Fraiture, Belgium Marcel Thiry, (born March 13 , 1897 Charleroi, Belgium died September 5, 1977, Fraiture), Belgian poet, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose work reflects his experiences of foreign lands and cultures.
May 1, 1885 Neerwinden, Belgium October 31, 1922 Brussels, Belgium Clément Pansaers, (born May 1, 1885, Neerwinden, Belgium died October 31, 1922, Brussels) Belgian poet and Dadaist whose reputation was resurrected some 50 years after his death.
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