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Person

Adolphe Rome

Priest, professor and historian of science.

12/07/1889 (Stavelot)
09/04/1971 (Korbeek-Lo)

3 min.

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

Franz Valérie Marie Cumont

Franz Cumont was a professor, curator, philologist, archaeologist and epigraphist.

03/01/1868 (Aalst)
14/08/1947 (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre)

10 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.

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.

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.