Medal Jean-Louis Trasenster Belgium Engineer c1890 Cork Ed Geerts Medal
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Bronze medal, Belgium.
Minted around 1890.
Minted around 1890.
In its original box, box showing some wear.
Artist / Graartist / sculptor : Ed Geerts "F" for "Fecit" for the medal artist: Edouard Louis Geerts.
Dimension : 70mm.
Weight : 116 g.
Metal : bronze.
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : none .
Quick and neat delivery.
Dimension : 70mm.
Weight : 116 g.
Metal : bronze.
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : none .
Quick and neat delivery.
The support is not for sale.
Stand is not for sale.
Jean-Louis Trasenster, born February 10, 1816 in Beaufays and died January 1, 1887 in Liège, is an engineer and professor at the University of Liège, of which he was rector between 1879 and 1885.
A renowned engineer, he had a great influence on university life in Liège through the construction of the institutes that bear his name and the admission of women to the university.
Biography
Cartoon of Trasenster hypnotizing the Minister of Public Education to make him sign the purchase of the Hospice for Incurables.
A graduate of the School of Mines at the University of Liège with the teaching of French Adolphe de Vaux1, he became an expert responsible for monitoring coal mines in 1838. In 1842, he was appointed deputy state engineer before being named honorary mining engineer seven years later2.
In 1847, he founded with several of his fellow students the Association of Graduate Engineers of the University of Liège (AILg) of which he was president for 44 years3.
In charge of elementary statics courses in 18404 and mining exploitation in 1844, Louis Trasenster became a full professor in 1849, then full professor in 1855. The quality of his teaching considerably increased the reputation of the University of Liège in scientific subjects4. His vision of studies preparing both for a scientific method and for professional training5 had a great influence on the reform of university education in the 1890s1.
With the support of his colleagues, he became rector for two three-year periods (1879-1885) succeeding Victor Thiry.
Fiercely fighting for the opening of university courses to women, he considered that despite the disadvantages women suffered due to economic and social conditions, it was no longer possible or desirable to limit their access to university6. It was under his rectorship that he welcomed the university's first student, Jeanne Rademackers, in 18813.
“Miss Jeanne Rademackers courageously and brilliantly opened up entry to the University of Liège and entry into the profession of pharmacist to people of her sex. [...] She is called by her knowledge and her ability to do honor to the profession she has embraced, and that the Provincial Commission of Limburg has authorized it
A renowned engineer, he had a great influence on university life in Liège through the construction of the institutes that bear his name and the admission of women to the university.
Biography
Cartoon of Trasenster hypnotizing the Minister of Public Education to make him sign the purchase of the Hospice for Incurables.
A graduate of the School of Mines at the University of Liège with the teaching of French Adolphe de Vaux1, he became an expert responsible for monitoring coal mines in 1838. In 1842, he was appointed deputy state engineer before being named honorary mining engineer seven years later2.
In 1847, he founded with several of his fellow students the Association of Graduate Engineers of the University of Liège (AILg) of which he was president for 44 years3.
In charge of elementary statics courses in 18404 and mining exploitation in 1844, Louis Trasenster became a full professor in 1849, then full professor in 1855. The quality of his teaching considerably increased the reputation of the University of Liège in scientific subjects4. His vision of studies preparing both for a scientific method and for professional training5 had a great influence on the reform of university education in the 1890s1.
With the support of his colleagues, he became rector for two three-year periods (1879-1885) succeeding Victor Thiry.
Fiercely fighting for the opening of university courses to women, he considered that despite the disadvantages women suffered due to economic and social conditions, it was no longer possible or desirable to limit their access to university6. It was under his rectorship that he welcomed the university's first student, Jeanne Rademackers, in 18813.
“Miss Jeanne Rademackers courageously and brilliantly opened up entry to the University of Liège and entry into the profession of pharmacist to people of her sex. [...] She is called by her knowledge and her ability to do honor to the profession she has embraced, and that the Provincial Commission of Limburg has authorized it