Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen

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Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen was a 19th-century Belgian liberal politician and lawyer best known for championing secular education and founding the Université libre de Bruxelles.

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instanceOf Belgian politician
freemason
human
lawyer
university founder
burialPlace Brussels Cemetery NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy annual Saint-Verhaegen student celebration in Brussels
countryOfCitizenship Belgium
dateOfBirth 1796-09-05
dateOfDeath 1862-12-08
educatedAt Old University of Leuven NERFINISHED
familyName Verhaegen NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork education policy
law
politics
founded Free University of Brussels NERFINISHED
Université libre de Bruxelles NERFINISHED
givenName Pierre-Théodore NERFINISHED
hasHonor statue of Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen in Brussels
hasPartIn Belgian educational debates of the 19th century
Belgian parliamentary politics in the 19th century
influenced development of secular higher education in Belgium
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Dutch
French
memberOf Liberal Party (Belgium) NERFINISHED
movement anticlericalism
liberal movement in Belgium
nativeLanguage French
notableWork defense of secular education in Belgium
founding of the Université libre de Bruxelles
occupation lawyer
politician
rector
university teacher
placeOfBirth Brussels NERFINISHED
French First Republic NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Belgium NERFINISHED
Brussels NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment liberalism
positionHeld President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
rector of the Université libre de Bruxelles
religiousView secularism
sexOrGender male
spouse Marie-Louise Van Dievoet NERFINISHED
workLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

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Université libre de Bruxelles foundedBy Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen