Education
He studied classical philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he became a professor in 1967.
He studied classical philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he became a professor in 1967.
In 1980, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences. A collection of essays in his memory was published in 2000.
Academia Latinitati Fovendae.