Francis Heylighen

Summary

Francis Heylighen is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Vilvoorde^[2]. He was born on +1960-09-27T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a university teacher^[4] and researcher^[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).^[6]

Key Facts

• Francis Heylighen's place of birth was Vilvoorde^[2].
• Francis Heylighen was born on +1960-09-27T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Francis Heylighen held citizenship in Belgium^[7].
• Francis Heylighen worked as a university teacher^[4].
• Francis Heylighen's professions included researcher^[5].
• Francis Heylighen's field of work was cybernetics^[8].
• Francis Heylighen was employed by Vrije Universiteit Brussel^[9].
• Francis Heylighen's doctoral advisor was Jean Paul Van Bendegem^[10].
• Francis Heylighen was influenced by Donald T. Campbell^[11].
• Francis Heylighen's image is recorded as FrancisHeylighen2009.jpg^[12].
• Francis Heylighen is recorded as male^[13].
• Francis Heylighen's instance of is recorded as human^[14].
• Francis Heylighen supervised Johan Bollen as a doctoral student^[15].
• Francis Heylighen supervised Carlos Gershenson as a doctoral student^[16].
• Francis Heylighen's ISNI is recorded as 0000000110693320^[17].
• Francis Heylighen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 69143165^[18].
• Francis Heylighen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88259683^[19].
• Francis Heylighen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144023806^[20].
• Francis Heylighen's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA04817136^[21].
• Francis Heylighen's Commons category is recorded as Francis Heylighen^[22].
• Francis Heylighen's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0001-5823-5898^[23].
• Francis Heylighen's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 128367^[24].
• Francis Heylighen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0719kr^[25].
• Francis Heylighen's family name is recorded as Heylighen^[26].
• Francis Heylighen's given name is recorded as Francis^[27].

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Origins and Family

Francis Heylighen was born in Vilvoorde^[2]. He was born on +1960-09-27T00:00:00Z^[3].

Education

Francis Heylighen's doctoral advisor was Jean Paul Van Bendegem^[10].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include university teacher^[4] and researcher^[5]. Francis Heylighen's field of work was cybernetics^[8]. He was employed by Vrije Universiteit Brussel^[9]. Doctoral students include Johan Bollen^[15], a computer scientist^[28], b. 1971^[29], of Belgium^[30] and Carlos Gershenson^[16], a computer scientist^[31], b. 1978^[32], of Mexico^[33], specialised in complex system^[34].

Why It Matters

Francis Heylighen ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).^[6]

His notable doctoral advisees include Carlos Gershenson^[35], a computer scientist^[36], b. 1978^[37], of Mexico^[38], specialised in complex system^[39] and Johan Bollen^[40], a computer scientist^[41], b. 1971^[42], of Belgium^[43].

FAQs

Where was Francis Heylighen born?

Francis Heylighen was born in Vilvoorde^[2].

What did Francis Heylighen do for work?

Francis Heylighen worked as university teacher^[4] and researcher^[5].