Timeline

<timeline>

1. All measures are in pixels

TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ImageSize = width:490 height:600 PlotArea = left:50 width:70 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1945 till:2016 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1945 ScaleMinor = grid:skyblue unit:year increment:1 start:1945 Colors =

 id:canvas value:gray(0.95)

BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas

1. there is no automatic collision detection,
2. so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap

Define $dx = 35 # shift text to right side of bar

PlotData=

 align:left
 bar:Life color:blue width:25 mark:(line,white) fontsize:L
 at:1985 mark:(line,red)
 at:2006 mark:(line,red)
 from:start  till:1949 shift:($dx,-10)   text:Wilrijk  
 from:1949  till:1952 shift:($dx,-5)     text:Bredabaan 
 from:1952  till:1958 shift:($dx,-10)    text:St.Michielscollege Lager Onderwijs
 from:1958  till:1964 shift:($dx,-10)    text:St.Michielscollege Middelbaar Latijn / Grieks
 from:1964  till:1965 shift:($dx,-3)     text:St.Jan-Berchmans extra jaar Wiskunde
 from:1965  till:1971 shift:($dx,-6)     text:"RU Gent Solid State Physics Engineering" 
 from:1971  till:1973 shift:($dx,-5)  
 from:1973  till:1976 shift:($dx,-2)    text:"KU Leuven Doctorate Polymer Physics" 
 from:1976  till:1988 shift:($dx,-2)    text:"JRC Petten Structural Analysis" color:green
 from:1988  till:1991 shift:($dx,-2)    text:"JRC Petten Data Management"  color:green
 from:1991  till:1994 shift:($dx,-2)    text:"JRC Petten Infrastructural Informatics"  color:green
 from:1994  till:1998 shift:($dx,-2)    text:"JRC Petten Sector Head ENAIS"  color:green
 from:1998  till:2002 shift:($dx,-2)    text:"JRC Petten Assistant to the director"  color:green
 from:2002  till:2010  shift:($dx,-4)   text:"Retired" 
 from:2010  till:2013 shift:($dx,-5)    text:"Crejat course"  
 from:2013  till:end  shift:($dx,-3)    text:"Retired"   

</timeline>

---