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George Alfred Leon Sarton
A Belgian pioneer in the history of science.
31/08/1884
22/03/1956 (Boston)
4 min.
Person
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître
Cosmologist and priest, Lemaître was the designer of a model of the expansion of the universe from a primitive atom and is therefore called the "father of the big bang".
17/07/1894 (Charleroi)
20/08/1966 (Leuven)
9 min.
Person
Guy Charles Hirsch
Mathematician and philosopher of science.
20/09/1915 (London)
03/08/1993 (Jette)
4 min.
Story
History of science in Belgium
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.
7 min.
Person
Jacob-Lodewijk Kesteloot
Physician and literary scholar.
09/10/1778 (Nieuwpoort)
05/07/1852 (Ghent)
5 min.
Person
Jan Baptist Gillis
Chemist and historian of science.
08/08/1893 (Arlon)
25/08/1978 (Ostende)
5 min.
Person
Jean Lecomte
Physiologist and physician.
1921 (Flémalle)
1996 (Liège)
3 min.
Person
Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie
Traveller, key figure in nineteenth-century Belgian science and head of the Royal Observatory.
07/10/1820 (Mons)
10/07/1888 (Schaerbeek)
11 min.
Person
Jean-Guillaume Garnier
French mathematician.
13/09/1766
20/12/1840 (Ixelles)
5 min.
Person
Joseph Bidez
Professor of classical philology and historian of science.
09/04/1867 (Frameries)
20/09/1945 (Oostakker)
2 min.
Person
Joseph Mogenet
Priest, classical philologist and historian of science.
26/02/1913 (Melreux)
18/02/1980
1 min.
Person
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet
Microbiologist, immunologist and Nobel laureate.
13/06/1870
06/04/1961 (Ixelles)
6 min.
Person
Julien Fautrez
Embryologist and anatomist.
09/06/1914 (Antwerp)
14/08/1996 (Ghent)
4 min.
Person
Julius MacLeod
Botanist and biologist.
19/02/1857 (Ostende)
03/05/1919 (Ghent)
2 min.
