Pierre Joseph Van Beneden ( 1809 - 1894 )

Birth: Mechelen [ie Malines], Belgium (19 December 1809) Death: Louvain, Belgium (08 January 1894) Research Field: Zoology Education: MD Career: Curator, Natural History Museum, University of Louvain (1831); Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Catholic University of Louvain (1836); died of bronchitis Memberships: Belgian Academy of Sciences (President 1881) Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 08/04/1875.