Bernard Heuvelmans was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and writer probably best known, along with Scottish-American biologist Ivan T. Sanderson, as a founding figure in the pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology. Wikipedia
Born: October 10, 1916, Le Havre, France
Died: August 22, 2001 (age 84 years), Le Vésinet, France
Organization founded: International Society of Cryptozoology
Spouse: Monique Watteau (div. 1961)