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Ernst van Loon | all galleries >> Scapes and Places >> Maastricht >> Maastrichtse beelden / Public art in Maastricht > Minckelers
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Minckelers

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Statue of Jan Pieter Minckeleers (1748 - 1824) by Bart van Hove (1904) on the Markt. Minckeleers was a physics professor in Leuven and teacher in Maastricht. He discovered coal gas (1784) and was the first to use it for lighting: in 1785 he lit his auditorium with it.


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