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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.

1867 (Frameries)
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.

Person

Lambert-Adolphe-Jacques Quetelet

Mathematician, statistician and meteorologist. One of Belgium's most famous and influential scientists.

22/02/1796 (Ghent)
17/02/1874 (Brussels)

27 min.

Person

Louis Bouckaert

Mathematician and physicist.

02/01/1909 (Ostende)
27/01/1988 (Gistel)

4 min.

Person

Léon Jacques Henri Constant Rosenfeld

Physicist and atomic scientist.

14/08/1904 (Charleroi)
23/05/1974 (Copenhagen)

4 min.

Person

Léon Maurice Crismer

Chemist and professor at the Royal Military Academy.

1858 (Stavelot)
1944 (Stavelot)

3 min.