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The Bridge, the International Institute for the Organization of Intellectual Work

Foundation in 1911 with many famous international members: Andrew Carnegie, Marie Curie, Selma Lagerloef, Henri Poincare, Ernest Solvay, Bertha von Suttner and others The Bridge as the World Brain Memorial on the foundation of an International Institute of Chemistry in 1914 Prehistory as advertizing company Paul Otlet became Honorary President of the Bridge

Thomas Hapke