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Thomas De Koninck
Thomas De Koninck (born 1934 in Leuven, Belgium) is a philosopher from Québec.
After studying at Oxford (M.A.), Université Laval (Ph.D), and Freie Universität Berlin, he became Professor at University of Notre Dame (1960–1964) in the United States and at Université Laval (1964– ) in Québec. According to a well known rumor, he would have inspired Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for the creation of The Little Prince when Saint-Exupéry was living in the
Yves De Koninck
Yves De Koninck, FCAHS, FRSC, (born February 18, 1964) is a neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Université Laval and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University.
Biography.
Yves De Koninck comes from a large family of intellectuals and scholars. He is the son of the philosopher Thomas De Koninck, and nephew of Joseph De Koninck, Professor Emeritus at the Brain and Mind Research Institute of the University of Ottawa. He has two brothers: Paul De Koninck