# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-sarton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:39:31.851Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-sarton"
name: "George Sarton"
slug: "george-sarton"
description: "George Alfred Leon Sarton 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\". He was a founder of the History of Science Society and is the namesake of its George Sarton Medal, a prestigious lifetime achievement award for historians of science."
tagline: "Belgian-American historian of science (1884–1956)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1884-08-31"
deathDate: "1956-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump