▁Charles ▁François ▁( 5 ▁September ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁– ▁ 3 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Belg ian ▁administrator , ▁editor ▁and ▁scient ist ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁cy ber net ics , ▁systems ▁theory ▁and ▁systems ▁science , ▁intern ation ally ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁main ▁work ▁the ▁International ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Systems ▁and ▁Cy ber net ics . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Charles ▁François ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Belg ium ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁and ▁studied ▁cons ular ▁and ▁commercial ▁sciences ▁at ▁Br uss els ▁Free ▁University . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁he ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁the ▁Belg ian ▁Congo , ▁where ▁he ▁stayed ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁at ▁first ▁as ▁an ▁administrative ▁officer ▁in ▁government ▁and ▁later ▁on ▁creating ▁and ▁developing ▁his ▁own ▁commercial ▁business , ▁also ▁exer cis ing ▁journal ism ▁and ▁the ▁so cio - polit ical ▁chron icle . ▁Later , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Argentina ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁and ▁managed ▁the ▁commercial ▁Office ▁of ▁the ▁Belg ian ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁to ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁ ▁François ▁inspired ▁and ▁founded ▁the ▁Group ▁for ▁the ▁Study ▁of ▁Integr ated ▁Systems , ▁Argent ine ▁National ▁Division ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Systems ▁Sciences , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁and ▁was ▁its ▁honor ary ▁president . ▁He ▁was ▁an