Marc de Hemptinne
Marc de Hemptinne was a Belgian physicist. He was the son of Alexandre de Hemptinne, a professor at the University of Leuven (1834–1968)|University of Leuven]. He studied chemistry at the University of Ghent and obtained a PhD in Science in 1926. Marc de Hemptinne was a pioneer of molecular spectroscopy. In 1948 he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences.