George Sarton

George Alfred Leon Sarton
George Sarton in 1941
Born	(1884-08-31)August 31, 1884 Ghent, Belgium
Died	March 22, 1956(1956-03-22) (aged 71) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Ghent
Known for	Introduction to the History of Science
Spouse	Mabel Eleanor Elwes
Children	May Sarton
Scientific career
Fields	History of science
Institutions	Carnegie Institution of Washington Harvard University
Thesis	Les principes de méchanique de Newton  (1911)
Notes
Founded: * Isis (journal) * Osiris (journal) * History of Science Society

George Alfred Leon Sarton (/ˈsɑːrtən/; 31 August 1884 – 22 March 1956) was a Belgian-American chemist and historian. He is considered the founder of the discipline of the history of science as an independent field of study. His most influential works were the Introduction to the History of Science, which consists of three volumes and 4,296 pages and the journal Isis. Sarton ultimately aimed to achieve an integrated philosophy of science that provided a connection between the sciences and the humanities, which he referred to as "the new humanism".^[1]