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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.

Person

Franz-Peter Cassel

Botanist and rector of the University of Ghent.

03/11/1784
08/06/1821 (Ghent)

3 min.

Person

François Léopold Henri Stockmans

Pharmacist and paleobotanist.

1904 (Ixelles)
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.

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.

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.