George Sarton

George Sarton

George Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956 [ [http://www.bookrags.com/biography/george-sarton/ George Sarton Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography ] ] ) was a Belgian-American polymath, historian of science, and father of the writer, May Sarton. He wrote the seminal classic works, "History of Science", "The Study of the History of Science", and three volumes of a projected nine volume "Introduction to the History of Science". He is credited with launching the formal study of the history of science in the United States as well as with founding the most noted academic journal in the subject, "Isis". Sarton is thus regarded as the father of the history of science. [E. Garfield (2003). "The life and career of George Sarton: the father of the history of science", "J Hist Behav Sci" 21 (2), p. 107-117.]

Sarton was convinced that the study of the history of science was the only truly progressive history.

:"Whatever material and intellectual progress there is can be traced back in each case to the discovery of some new secret of nature or to a deeper understanding of an old one." [George Sarton, "The New Humanism," "Isis", 6 (1924):10]

He received his PhD in mathematics at the University of Ghent in 1911. Though he emigrated to England after the Great War broke out, it was really just a temporary home until he emigrated to the United States in 1915, where he would live for the rest of his life. He became a lecturer at Harvard University in 1920 and a professor of the history of science from 1940-1951.

Sarton intended to complete an exhaustive nine volume history of science—which, during the preparation of the second volume, induced him to learn Arabic and travel around the Middle East inspecting original manuscripts—but at the time of his death only the first three volumes had been completed.

In honor of Sarton's achievements, the History of Science Society created the award known as the George Sarton Medal. It is the most prestigious award of the History of Science Society. It has been awarded annually since 1955 to an outstanding historian of science selected from the international scholarly community. The medal honors a scholar for lifetime scholarly achievement.

Notes

References

* Sarton, George. "The New Humanism," "Isis", 6 (1924): 9-24.
* Sarton, George. "Introduction to the History of Science" (3 v. in 5), Carnegie institution of Washington Publication no. 376. Baltimore, 1927-1948.
* George Sarton, The Incubation of Western Culture in the Middle East, A Geroge C. Keiser Foundation Lecture, March 29 1950, Washington DC, 1951

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=george%20sarton The internet archive - Full text works of Georges Sarton]


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