Herman Van Breda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herman Van Breda

philosopher

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Lier, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1974

Profession: Catholic priest, philosopher

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Herman Leo Van Breda (born Leo Marie Karel; 28 February 1911, Lier, Belgium – 3 March 1974, Leuven) was a Franciscan, philosopher and founder of the Husserl Archives at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. On 19 August 1934, he was ordained as a priest and in 1936 he started studying philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he obtained a PhD degree in 1941 with a dissertation on the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl.
Later he became a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he stayed until his death in 1974.