Background
Mortier, Roland Fabien Jules was born on December 21, 1920 in Ghent, Belgium. Son of Arthur and Berthe (Baudson) Mortier.
Mortier, Roland Fabien Jules was born on December 21, 1920 in Ghent, Belgium. Son of Arthur and Berthe (Baudson) Mortier.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brussels U., Belgium, 1950; D honorus causa, U. Montpellier, Jerusalem.
President Institute des Hautes Etudes de Belgique. Fellow, British Academy. Belgian representative European Science Foundation, Strasbourg.
Other professional appointments and affiliations.
Prix Francqui 1965: Prix Montaigne 1983. Prix Counson 1985; Honorary degree (Montpellier, Gottingen.
Jerusalem).
Academy Royale de Langue et Litterature Francaise, Belgium. Hungarian and German Academies of Sciences.
Married Loyse F.M. Triffaux, July 14, 1948. 1 child, Philippe.