De la chaire aux laboratoires: Louis Henry et la professionalisation de la recherche en science naturelles en Belgique

From the chair to the laboratories: Louis Henry and the professionalization of research in natural sciences in Belgium In 1869, Louis Henry (1843-1913), a well-known Belgian organic chemist, proposed a reform in order to include scientific research in the course of sciences studies at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He insisted mostly on the need of laboratory work for students, and on the crucial role of the Ph.D. thesis, based on original and personal research, worked out in the frame of a professor's laboratory. This reform, and the activity his author led his life through to promote... Mehr ...