Georges Lemaitre was a Belgian astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain born in Charleroi.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre ). There is now a proposal to give his name to a telescope (ELT European Extremely Large Telescope )
Belgium : 10 points :-)
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre ). There is now a proposal to give his name to a telescope (ELT European Extremely Large Telescope )