What is Etienne Vermeersch?
[[File:Etienne Vermeersch 2014.jpg|thumb|Etienne Vermeersch in 2014]] '''Etienne Vermeersch''' (May 2, [[1934]] in [[Bruges]] &ndash; January 18, [[2019]] in [[Ghent]]) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]], [[Activism|activist]] and former [[Academia|academic]]. He studied [[classics]] and philosophy at [[Ghent University]]. Being a [[Jesuit]], he turned atheist at the age of 25. Vermeersch was vice rector at Ghent University, and is considered an important critic in Belgian society. He was co-founder of the Belgian [[skeptical]] organization of [[SKEPP]]. Vermeersch died at a hospital in [[Ghent]], Belgium through [[euthanasia|assisted suicide]] on January 18, 2019 after suffering a long-illness, aged 84.<ref>[http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20190124_04128911 Filosoof, ethicus en opiniemaker Etienne Vermeersch overleden]</ref> ==Notes== {{reflist}} == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/de-invloedrijkste-intellectuelen-van-vlaanderen/site72-section24-article11901.html#commentspost www.knack.be] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206185005/http://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/de-invloedrijkste-intellectuelen-van-vlaanderen/site72-section24-article11901.html#commentspost |date=2012-02-06 }} == Other websites == * [http://www.etiennevermeersch.be Etienne Vermeersch's Website] {{Commonscat}} {{Authority control}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vermeersch, Etienne}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century Belgian philosophers]] [[Category:21st-century Belgian philosophers]] [[Category:Abortion-rights activists]] [[Category:Belgian academics]] [[Category:Belgian atheists]] [[Category:Deaths by euthanasia]] [[Category:Drug-related suicides]] [[Category:Euthanasia activists]] [[Category:Former Christians]] [[Category:Jesuits]] [[Category:People from Bruges]] [[Category:Skeptics]]