Martinus Cobbenhagen - Tilburg, NL
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N 51° 33.367 E 005° 04.630
31U E 643997 N 5713715
Martinus Cobbenhagen is known as one of the founders of the University in Tilburg.
Waymark Code: WM159V8
Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Date Posted: 11/17/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
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"The Tilburg University was founded by Martinus Cobbenhagen in 1927 as the Roman Catholic Handelshoogeschool. In 1936 it was renamed Catholic Economic University of Applied Sciences, and in 1963 – when the faculties of Law and Social Sciences were founded – Catholic University of Applied Sciences Tilburg (KHT)."

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About the location:
The grave can be found on the Heike cemetery and it is located in the center of the cemetery (PO-02-10).

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Description:
Besides Petrus Van Gils and the first rector Thomas Goossens, he was one of the most important founders of the Roman Catholic Handelshoogeschool in Tilburg, and three times rector magnificus of this college. Cobbenhagen's merit lies mainly in the introduction of the importance of ethics in economics. He was succeeded as professor by Prof. Dirk Schouten


Date of birth: 09/10/1893

Date of death: 02/10/1954

Area of notoriety: Education

Marker Type: Headstone

Setting: Outdoor

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: From sun up to sun down

Fee required?: No

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