Constant Janssen
Dr. Jan Constant Janssen (Belgium, Vlimmeren, 18 September 1895-Antwerp, 15 April 1970), was a Belgian physician and businessman. He was the third child (out of four) of Adriaan Victor Janssen (1854-1942) and Anna Catharina Eelen (1855-1929). He went to high school in Hoogstraten and studied medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Ghent. On 16 April 1925, he married Margriet Fleerackers (Turnhout, 5 January 1897-Vosselaar, 23 September 1973), together they had four children. Their oldest son, Paul Janssen, would become one of the most successful scientists in pharmaceutics.
Famous quotes containing the word constant:
“If only he would not pity us so much,
Weaken our fate, relieve us of woe both great
And small, a constant fellow of destiny,
A too, too human god, self-pity’s kin
And uncourageous genesis . . .”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)