Herman Le Compte

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Herman Le Compte (Aalst, April 26, 1929 – Knokke, January 3, 2008) was a Belgian physician and gerontologist.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Quotes 3 Bibliography 4 References

[edit]Biography

Known across his native Flanders as the “Vitamin Doctor,” Le Compte became famous during the 1960s with a series of books and TV shows dedicated to health and aging.^[1] He claimed that vitamins and yeast would increase longevivity, and called for elders taking a more active role in society.^[1] His claims led to a lifelong ban by the Belgian medical association.^[1]

Despite the ban he continued to practise medicine leading to his arrest. After a two decade legal fight he was vindicated by the ECHR and legally allowed to practise again.

Le Compte died in his sleep of a heart attack on January 3, 2008, in Knokke, Belgium.^[1]

[edit]Quotes

“

Perhaps I will live to be 1000.

”

^[1]

[edit]Bibliography

• Herman Le Compte: Qui Encore a Peur de Moi? Le Credo du Herman Le Compte., Banana Press 1973
• Herman Le Compte: Het is niet nodig gek te zijn, maar het kan helpen, Gottmer 1974, ISBN 90-257-0237-6

Otto of Limburg

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Otto of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, was the son of Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum.

He married in 1643 Elisabeth Charlotte countess von Dohna (born 1625, died 1691)and they had eight children:

• Otto Christoffel, who was killed in 1673;

• Karl, born around 1650;

• Gustav born around 1655;

• Adolf Gelder, born in 1659 and killed in Maastricht in 1676;

• Albrecht Georg of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst (born 1660, died 1690);

• Friedrich Wilhelm of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst (died 1724);

• Amalie Louise of Limburg and Bronckhorst (born 1646, died 1721); and

• Maria Ursula of Limburg and Bronckhorst.

Otto died in 1679.

[edit]References

• Die Grafen von Limburg Stirum: Einleitung und abschliessender Band der Geschichte der Grafen Van Limburg Stirum und ihrer direkten Vorfahren; Günter Aders, J. P. J. Gewin; Van Gorcum, 1962