George Sarton

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George Sarton was a pioneering Belgian-American historian of science, often regarded as a founder of the discipline for his influential scholarship and the journal Isis.

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instanceOf American person
Belgian person
academic
editor
historian of science
academicDiscipline history
philosophy of science
child May Sarton NERFINISHED
citizenship Belgium NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfBirth Belgium NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1884-08-31
dateOfDeath 1956-03-22
describedAs founder of the history of science as an academic discipline
educatedAt Ghent University NERFINISHED
employer Harvard University
familyName Sarton NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork history of astronomy
history of mathematics
history of science
founded History of Science Society NERFINISHED
Isis (journal) NERFINISHED
fullName George Alfred Leon Sarton NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName George NERFINISHED
influenced I. Bernard Cohen NERFINISHED
Joseph Needham NERFINISHED
Lynn Thorndike NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf History of Science Society NERFINISHED
movement professionalization of the history of science
notableFor founding the journal Isis
pioneering the discipline of the history of science
notableWork Introduction to the History of Science NERFINISHED
The History of Science and the New Humanism NERFINISHED
“The Study of the History of Science” (essay) NERFINISHED
occupation historian
journal editor
university professor
placeOfBirth Ghent, Belgium NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Eleanor Mabel Elwes NERFINISHED
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED

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George Sarton Medal namedAfter George Sarton
George Sarton Medal firstRecipient George Sarton