Database | Bestor

Person

Albert Claude

Physician, microbiologist and Nobel Prize winner.

23/08/1898 (Neufchâteau)
23/05/1983 (Ixelles)

4 min.

Person

Armand Marie Vincent Joseph Renier

Geologist, palaeontologist and mining engineer.

26/06/1876 (Verviers)
09/10/1951 (Leuze)

5 min.

Person

Auguste Alfred Lucien Gaston Lameere

Zoologist and entomologist.

12/06/1864 (Ixelles)
1942 (Brussels)

5 min.

Person

Carl C. Grosjean

Mathematician and physicist.

05/09/1926 (Kortrijk)
02/10/2006 (Kortrijk)

3 min.

Person

Charles Louis Joseph Xavier de la Vallée Poussin

Geologist, mineralogist en stratigrapher.

06/04/1827 (Namur)
15/03/1903 (Brussels)

3 min.

Institution

Frans Jonckheere Prize

This triennial prize awards works which contribute to the advancement of the history of sciences.

Belgium

1 min.

Person

François Léopold Henri Stockmans

Pharmacist and paleobotanist.

13/09/1904 (Ixelles)
07/04/1986 (Uccle)

3 min.

Person

George Alfred Leon Sarton

A Belgian pioneer in the history of science.

31/08/1884
22/03/1956 (Boston)

4 min.

Person

Guy Charles Hirsch

Mathematician and philosopher of science.

20/09/1915 (London)
03/08/1993 (Jette)

4 min.

Person

Ilya Prigogine

Science philosopher and physicist specialised in thermodynamics. Nobel prize laureate in chemistry, won for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

25/01/1917
28/05/2003 (Brussels)

7 min.

Institution

Isis

Scientific journal, founded in 1912 by Georges Sarton.

Ghent (Belgium)

3 min.

Institution

J. Gillisprijs

Prize intended to reward important original work in the field of the history of scientific thought.

Brussels (Belgium)

1 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.