Julius Mac Leod (19 February 1857 – 3 March 1919), was a Belgian biologist and professor at the University of Ghent. His father was of Scottish descent.
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Mac Leod was born in Ostend. He was also director of the botanical garden. Julius Mac Leod was an active member of the Flemish movement and a proponent of the usage of Flemish at the University of Ghent. He died in Ghent during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918–1919.
References
edit- Julius Mac Leod (Liberal Archive)
- Bossaert, Henry, Julius Mac Leod en de Vervlaamsing, Gent, Archief RUG, 1977, 94 p.
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