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Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt

Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt

Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt (Marchienne-au-Pont, 6 augustus 1920Brussel, 4 november 1998) was een Belgisch geoloog die voornamelijk in Afrika werkte. Hij was werkzaam aan de universiteit van Gent en van Brussel. Sinds 1946 was hij verbonden aan het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.

De Heinzelin de Braucourt kreeg in 1960 internationale bekendheid door de ontdekking van de oudste wiskundige vondst ter wereld: het Ishango-beentje.

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