| George Sarton  AKA George Alfred Leon Sarton
Born: 31-Aug-1884
Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium
Died: 22-Mar-1956
Location of death: Cambridge, MA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Introduction to the History of Science Father: Alfred Sarton
Mother: Leonie Van Halme (d. 1885)
Wife: Eleanor Mabel Elwes (m. 22-Jun-1911, d. 1950, one daughter)
Daughter: May Sarton (poet, b. 1912, d. 1995)
University: PhD Mathematics, University of Ghent (1911)
Professor: History of Science, Harvard University (1940-51)
George Sarton Medal 1955
Naturalized US Citizen 1924
Author of books:
Introduction to the History of Science (1927-47, history of science)
The History of Science and the New Humanism (1931, history of science)
The Study of the History of Mathematics (1936, history of science)
The Study of the History of Science (1936, history of science)
The Life of Science: Essays in the History of Civilization (1948, history of science)
A Guide to the History of Science (1952, history of science)
Galen of Pergamon (1954, biography)
The Appreciation of Ancient and Medieval Science During the Renaissance: 1450-1600 (1955, history of science)
Six Wings: Men of Science in the Renaissance (1957, history of science)
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