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The Colonial High School: an arena for discussions on the colonial sciences, administration, and elite

The Colonial High School became one of the places where discussions about the colonial-scientific themes flared up intensely. Often it was about lesson plans and uniforms, but personal feuds and financial intrigues were not shunned either.

Eva Schalbroeck

The Masters of science: Belgian Nobel laureates and the pride of the nation

In 2013, Brussels-based professor and physicist François Englert was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Englert joined the illustrious group of Belgian Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Read more about them in this story!

Théophile Ernest De Donder

Physicist and chemist considered a founder of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.

19/08/1872 (Schaerbeek)
11/05/1957 (Brussels)

Émile Lucien Joseph Francqui

Businessman, political influencer and science patron.

05/06/1863 (Brussels)
16/11/1935