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Botanist and rector of the University of Ghent.

In this story, you will learn more about the rich tradition of Belgian scientific history, from the Renaissance, through key figures such as Adolphe Quetelet and George Sarton, to the present day.

Chemist and historian of science.

Traveller, key figure in nineteenth-century Belgian science and head of the Royal Observatory.

French mathematician.

Professor of classical philology and historian of science.

Microbiologist, immunologist and Nobel laureate.

Embryologist and anatomist.