UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels is an autonomous university campus specialized in

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and

human science Human science (or human sciences in the plural) studies the philosophical, biological, social, justice, and cultural aspects of human life. Human science aims to expand the understanding of the human world through a broad interdisciplinary approa ...

s part of

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and based in

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, Belgium. Established in 1857, Saint-Louis University, Brussels (officially, in French Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) used to be a

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belonging to the

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before a merger with the

University of Louvain UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally establishe ...

decided in 2017. Both universities have been using the new designation 'UCLouvain' since 2018 and legally merged in 2023.

History

When the

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moved from

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in 1835, the unused buildings were used to host the newly founded ''École de Commerce et d'Industrie'' (School of Trade and Industry), which was inaugurated in 1838. The school moved to Brussels in 1858 and became the ''Institut Saint-Louis'' (a diocesan secondary school), where the Philosophy Department was founded, which eventually grew to become a university. This was the result of the

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's and

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's wish to have a Catholic institution in Brussels teaching

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. The department prepared candidates for the higher

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certification that would qualify them to enroll for a university law degree.A Short History of Saint-Louis
University Website. Accessed 20 February 2016. In 1891, with the recognition of non-state universities, the institution became recognized as an autonomous ('free') university, a status which was confirmed in 1929. Over time, Faculties developed and expanded, and a Faculty of Law was added to the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. In 1925, the university founded (''Hautes études commerciales''), Belgium's first independent business school, together with its Dutch-speaking counterpart,

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(''St. Aloysius College of Economics''). Also, the university established the world-renowned School of Philosophical and Religious Sciences, founded by

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. In 1948, the Philosophy and Arts section separated from the ''Institut Saint-Louis'', and continued independently as a non-profit university under the name "Faculté universitaire Saint-Louis". It was not until 1960 that the administrative split was fully effective and the buildings separated. In 1965, the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences (ESPO) was established and the university's name was later changed to the plural ''Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis''. In 1969, Saint-Louis starts giving lectures to Dutch-speaking students, in addition to lessons at EHSAL/HEC, but the Dutch-speaking department would leave the ''Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis'' in 1973, to create the independent ''Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Aloysius'' (UFSAL). This later became the

Catholic University of Brussels The ''Katholieke Universiteit Brussel'' (, ''Catholic University of Brussels'') was a Flemish university located in Brussels, founded in 1969 as ''University Faculties St Aloysius'' (UFSAL), in many ways the equivalent of a liberal arts college. It ...

(K.U.Brussel). Both UFSAL and EHSAL merged to create the

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(HUB), together with other

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institutions like Vlekho, which originated from the Saint-Louis-linked ''

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''. In 2013, HUB was reorganized and today comprises the ''KU Leuven campus Brussel'', and the vocational college Odisee. Both are still located in the same street as Saint-Louis University, the ''rue du Marais'' or ''Broekstraat''. French-speaking HEC Saint-Louis, which was renamed to ISC Saint-Louis (''Institut supérieur de Commerce''), co-founded the "ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis - ISFSC" Consortium of Schools in 1995, and '' de facto'' integrated the Institut catholique des Hautes Études commerciales (ICHEC) in 2004. Saint-Louis University, Brussels still organises degrees in economics, management and business engineering, on the same site as the ISC Saint-Louis, within its Faculty of Economics, Politics, Social and Communication Sciences (ESPO). Between 2004 and 2013, Saint-Louis University and the three other Belgian French-speaking Catholic universities; namely the

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, the

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and the Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons (now a part of UCLouvain) made up the

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network. This notably meant the integration of Saint-Louis' economics and management programmes into the

Louvain School of Management The Louvain School of Management (LSM, formerly IAG) is the international business school of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium, founded in 1897. The faculty offers courses on the campuses of Louvain-la-Neuve, UCLouvain FUCaM Mons an ...

. After the reform of Belgian French-speaking universities in 2013, Saint-Louis became a founding member of the ''Pôle académique de Bruxelles'', along with the

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and, by decree, was renamed from ''Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis'' to ''Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles''. In May 2017, Saint-Louis University, Brussels and the

(primarily based in

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and which has 2 campuses in Brussels:

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and Saint-Gilles) officially announced that the two universities were merging in a single institution named UCLouvain, with Saint-Louis becoming 'UCLouvain Saint-Louis - Bruxelles'. Both institutions have started using the name UCLouvain in September 2018. Saint-Louis' main campus is located on the northern edge of the historic inner city, opposite the

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across the

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road. In 2015, the department and programmes of translation and interpreting of the

were transferred to the newly established

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at Saint-Louis University, Brussels. This fifth Faculty is located in buildings along the ''rue d'Arlon'', near the

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Chronology

* 1835: the Catholic University of Belgium, installed in

, moves to

(Louvain) to form the

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. The ''École de Commerce et d'Industrie'' in the premises left by the university (the official opening took place in 1838). * 1858: transfer of the ''École de Commerce et d'Industrie'' to Brussels, becoming the Institut Saint-Louis, and foundation of the Section for Philosophy teaching Philosophy & Arts, and Law. * 1891: the private institution is considered an autonomous ('free') university with recognized university degrees. * 1925: founding of the School of Philosophical and Religious Sciences and of HEC Saint-Louis, Belgium's first business school, as well as

(Economische Hogeschool Sint-Aloysius), the Dutch-speaking equivalent. * 1929: a new law declares the institution to be an independent university. * 1948: creation of the

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(non-profit organization) ''Faculté universitaire Saint-Louis''. * 1949: an order of the

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confirms the autonomy of Saint-Louis' university education. * 1960: complete autonomy between the university faculty and the Saint-Louis Institute (primary and secondary school); and creation of the Faculty of Law. * 1964: inauguration of the Botanique 43 building, the university's new head office, with university

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s; separation of the buildings of the ''Institut secondaire Saint-Louis'' and the Faculty. * 1965: creation of the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences (ESPO). HEC Saint-Louis and EHSAL become administratively independent from the university but remain located in the university buildings. * 1969: new name: ''Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis - Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Aloysius'' (FUSL-UFSAL); with the implementation of first courses in

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. * 1973: independence of the Dutch-speaking ''Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Aloysius'', which together with EHSAL moved to the beginning of rue du Marais; inauguration of the Marais 109 building for the FUSL while the secondary school Institut Saint-Louis moves to a new building on rue du Marais 113. * 1980: foundation of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the

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(CERB); creation of courses with off-shift schedules. * 1984: HEC Saint-Louis becomes the ''Institut supérieur de commerce'', or ISC Saint-Louis. * 1991: creation of bilingual French-Dutch programmes in collaboration with Saint-Louis' Dutch-speaking equivalent now called Katholieke Universiteit Brussel. * 1993: creation of trilingual French-Dutch-English and bilingual French-English programmes in law and social sciences. * 1995: authorization by

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to organize doctoral theses and

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. * 1996: the ISC Saint-Louis co-founds the new ''Haute École Groupe " ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis - ISFSC"'', a vocational university college. * 2004: the ISC Saint-Louis is absorbed into the '' Institut catholique des hautes études commerciales''. * 2004: adhesion to the

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's Erasmus Charter. * 2004: foundation of the

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. * 2007: creation of the Institute of European Studies (IEE). * 2011: inauguration of the 119 Marais building, which now houses the Institute of European Studies and its specialized library. * 2013: the FUSL become Saint-Louis University, Brussels (''Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles''), one of the six universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. * 2015: creation of the

, incorporating the bachelor's degrees in translation-interpretation from the ''Institut libre Marie-Haps'' (''Haute École Vinci'') and thus sharing the rue d'Arlon ( European district) and Tilleuls (

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) campuses with it. * May 2017: the board of directors of the

and the General Assembly of the Saint-Louis University, Brussels decide, with 90% of the votes each, to merge and found the UCLouvain. * May 2018: inauguration of the Ommegang building by the Brussels Minister Céline Frémault and the Rectors of the Universities of Saint-Louis and Louvain, doubling the surface area of Saint-Louis.

Architecture

In 2004, a fire destroyed offices and a large part of the historic library building was flooded following the intervention of the fire brigade. A new library was built and inaugurated in 2005, while some elements of the old library remain (including part of the imposing wooden staircase). The university's main library moved to the third and fourth floors of the new Ommegang building in 2018. In 2015, the university indeed acquired an office building belonging to Belfius bank, the Ommegang, next to the University's building located at 109 rue du Marais, in order to relieve the institution's infrastructure, whose number of students tripled in fifteen years. New lecture theatres were built, including the institution's largest auditorium, a new library, a new multi-purpose room for 1300 people, and a residence with about 100 student apartments. The new facilities are accessible since the 2017 academic year, increasing the surface area of the main Saint-Louis campus from 25,000 m² to 47,000 m².

Location

Campus Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis University is located on two campuses in

and

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. The main campus, Saint-Louis, with 48 km² of university space, is located in the city centre, between the ''rue de l'Ommegang'' and ''du Marais'', as well as the ''boulevards du Jardin botanique'' and ''Pachéco''. This tight urban campus is split in two by the ''Institut secondaire Saint-Louis'', forming to the north the "''Botanique''" and "''Préfecture''" buildings housing the Institute of European Studies (Marais 119), the

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(Botanique 42), the university's official main building (Botanique 43) and the historical building with the rectorate (Botanique 38) and the former library; and to the south the more recent ''Marais 109'' and ''Ommegang'' buildings, where the faculty and student administrations are located, and several large auditoriums.

Campus Marie-Haps

The courses of the Marie Haps Faculty Translation & Interpreting are given on the Marie-Haps campus, shared with the '' Haute École Vinci'', in

, in the European quarter, more precisely in front of the

. The buildings of the Marie-Haps campus are located on either side of ''rue d'Arlon'' and historically in the Hôtel Beernaert. The language courses (extra-curricular) are given in an office building further north, between rue d'Arlon and rue de Trèves, where Marie-Haps' Dutch-speaking departments (which have integrated the

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and Vlekho) used to be located.

''Tilleuls'' site

The Marie-Haps Faculty is also located on the Tilleuls site, former ''Œuvre du Calvaire'' hospital, which integrated the Saint-Luc University Hospital in

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in 2003. The Tilleuls site includes a large country house, a caretaker's house, a chapel and the former hospital transformed into classrooms, located on the

Organisation

Demographic evolution

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Faculties

*Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Human Sciences *Faculty of Law *Faculty of Economics, Social, Political and Communication Sciences (ESPO) *

*Institute for European Studies (IEE) Saint-Louis University, Brussels is specialized in

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programmes, for which it has developed unique degrees. For example, it is the only Belgian university organising bilingual or trilingual

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(with its sister university,

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campus Brussels); Erasmus programmes in social and human sciences; evening schedules; and the possibility of completing double

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s in the majority of majors. It is also the only university of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation offering a fully English bachelor's degree; in

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. In total, the university organises 25

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programmes, two

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s, an

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, seven Masters of specialization (

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master's degrees) and more than 20 university certificates of

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. Most Master's diplomas and university certificates are double degrees with one or more Belgian or foreign universities.

Research centers

Since its foundation, Saint-Louis has distinguished itself by its university character, which is to produce knowledge in addition to offering it. The first research centres were set up at the end of the 19th century. In 1995, the decree organizing higher education granted the University the right to organize doctoral theses, further contributing to the expansion of research. The university organises research through three research institutes: * Interdisciplinarity and Society Network (RIS) * Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Brussels (IRIB), formed in 1980, fifteen years before the creation of the

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, as the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Brussels Region (CERB). * Institute of European Studies (IEE), founded in 2007 and also an independent faculty since 2012. and various

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s: * The Belgian Centre for Burgundian Studies 1400-1600 * Centre for Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology: Studies and Research (CASPER) * Private Law Centre (CePri) * Research Centre in Economics (CEREC) * Centre for Research in Political Science (CReSPo) * Centre for Research in the History of Law, Institutions and Society (CRHiDI) * Centre for the Study of Environmental Law (CEDRE) * Centre for Sociological Studies (CES) * Centre for Innovation and Intellectual Property (CIPI) * Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Constitutional and Administrative Law (IARC) * Inter-University Centre for Mobility Studies * ''Prospero'' Centre - Language, image and knowledge * Research Group on Criminal and Penal Matters (GREPEC) * Observatory on AIDS and Sexuality * Research Cluster on Communication and Media (PReCoM) * Seminar on Applied Mathematics in the Humanities (SMASH) * Seminar for Linguistics (SeSLa) * Interdisciplinary Seminar on Legal Studies (SIEJ) * TranSpheres - Center for Traductology Saint-Louis University, Brussels has also founded the Brussels Studies Institute together with the two other Brussels universities:

and

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School of Philosophical and Religious Sciences

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, is not a research center nor a faculty, but continues to teach and study philosophy, theology and social and human sciences, to which it has been a major contributor. Chairs of the School of Philosophical and Religious Sciences are always public and have included

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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe ( ; ; 6 March 1940 – 28 January 2007) was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator. Lacoue-Labarthe published several influential works with his friend Jean-Luc Nancy. Lacoue-Labarthe was ...

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Notable alumni

Typh Barrow Typh Barrow (born 10 May 1987) is a Belgian singer, songwriter, jurist, composer and pianist who was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her style is a mixture of pop and soul music with jazz and blues accents. She is considered by the press to be the Bel ...

, Belgian

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and

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, Belgian

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, lawyer, and author of French prose and poetry. *

Henry Carton de Wiart Henry Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton de Wiart (1869–1951) was a Belgian writer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 16 December 1921. Early life On 31 January 1869, Henry Carton de Wiart was ...

, count, 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium. * Louise Cavenaile, Belgian

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player. * Bernard Coulie, Belgian academic and previous rector of the

. * Benoît Cerexhe, Belgian politician, minister of the

and Mayor of

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. *

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, businessman, Belgian

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and former European Commissioner. *

Pierre Daye Pierre Daye (24 June 1892, Schaerbeek, Belgium – 24 February 1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Belgian journalist and Nazi collaborator. As supporter of the Rexist Party, Daye exiled himself to Juan Peron's Argentina after World War I ...

, first rexist group leader at the Chamber of Representatives, journalist. *

Francis Delpérée Francis, Baron Delpérée () is a Belgian legal scholar, politician and a member of the cdH born on 14 January 1942 in Liege. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007. During his studies at the Université catholique de Louvai ...

, Belgian

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and professor of

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at the

. * Henri De Page, Belgian

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. *

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, daughter of King Leopold III. *

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, lawyer and 40th Prime Minister of Belgium. *

Jean-Baptiste Janssens Jean-Baptiste Janssens (22 December 1889 – 5 October 1964) was a Belgian Catholic priest who was the 27th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium. Early life and schooling Janssens' first schooling wa ...

(1889–1964), twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus. *

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. * François Ost,

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, philosopher of law and previous

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of Saint-Louis University, Brussels. * Thomas Owen, Belgian

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author and member of the

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. * Charles Terlinden, Belgian historian, professor at the

, and

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. *

Edmond Thieffry Edmond Thieffry (; 28 September 1892 – 11 April 1929) was a Belgian First World War air ace and aviation pioneer. He made, with Léopold Roger and Jef de Bruycker, the first successful flight between Belgium and Congo (then the Belgian Co ...

, Belgian

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air

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and aviation pioneer. * Françoise Tulkens, lawyer and expert in criminal and penal law, and Vice-President of the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a co ...

. *

Philippe van Parijs Philippe Van Parijs (; born May 23, 1951) is a Belgian political philosopher and political economist, best known as a proponent and main defender of the concept of an unconditional basic income and for the first systematic treatment of linguis ...

, philosopher, professor at

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and at the

. *

Michel Weber Michel Weber (born 1963) is a Belgian philosopher. He is best known as an interpreter and advocate of the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, and has come to prominence as the architect and organizer of an overlapping array of international sc ...

, philosopher.

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