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Georges Smets
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<p>Georges Smets (<a href="/facts/Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Ah3Q4P4T">Molenbeek-Saint-Jean</a>, <a href="/facts/Brussels/tNzHrQYP">Brussels</a>, 7 July 1881 – <a href="/facts/Etterbeek/huoQNmDm">Etterbeek</a>, 8 February 1961) was a Belgian lawyer, historian, sociologist and ethnologist. Initially trained as a historian and lawyer, He was Professor and Rector of the <a href="/facts/Free_University_of_Brussels_(1834%25E2%2580%25931969)/LtjrgMqa">Free University of Brussels</a> (1929–1932) and Director of the <a href="/facts/Solvay_Institute_of_Sociology/Ub80Azbw">Solvay Institute of Sociology</a> (1934–?). </p>