Géry van Outryve d'Ydewalle

Géry van Outryve d'Ydewalle is a Belgian scientist and professor of the Laboratory for experimental psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven). In 1992, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences. He has been elected as new permanent secretary of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in succession to professor Niceas Schamp, as of 1 September 2010.

His ancestor, Emmanuel-Louis van Outryve d'Ydewalle (originally van Outryve; 1745-1827) was created a ridder 21 September 1771;[1] Géry van Outryve d'Ydewalle's father, Pierre, a Belgian politician, was elevated to the rank of Baron in 1982.

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  1. Recueil héraldique, avec des notices généalogiques et historiques sur un grand nombre de familles nobles et patriciennes, François Louis van Dycke, 1854, pg 313

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