George Sarton additional papers, 1899-1988.

Harvard University Press

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Harvard University Press was established by the Harvard Corporation as a separate department of the University on January 13, 1913. It acted as both a printing and academic publishing organization until 1942, when the University Printing Office was re-established as a separate unit and Harvard University Press became responsible for only publishing activities. The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in London, England. Every book published by the HUP must undergo review by an...

Houghton Library

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In 1938 Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library (1937-1955), proposed a separate library building for rare books and manuscripts. Through the generosity of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Harvard Class of 1929, Harvard became the first American university to construct a separate research facility for the housing and study of rare books and manuscripts. The Houghton Library, dedicated and opened in 1942, won major architectural awards and became a mo...

Sarah Gibson Blanding.

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Anne Thérèse Denhodt?

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Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.

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Robert K. Merton was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple Univ. in 1931. Merton went on to graduate school at Harvard where he received his Ph.D. in 1936. Merton went on to teach at Columbia Univ. and published numerous books including; Social theory and social structure, and Sociology of science. From the description of Letters-Manuscript, 1930-1952. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122628275 Robert K. Merton was one of the most infl...

Struik Defense Committee

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Jaffee, Bernard

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Sarton, George, 1884-1956

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Historian of science, George Alfred Leon Sarton was born on August 31, 1884, in Ghent, Belgium. He studied the natural sciences at the University of Ghent, and received his D.Sc. in 1911. Escaping to England before World War I, Sarton then came to the United States in 1915. After spending some time in lecturing positions, Sarton came to Harvard University in 1920, was made a full professor there in 1940 and retired in 1951 when he was made professor emeritus. He was founder of th...

Dingle, Herbert, 1890-1978

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Born, 1890; educated at Plymouth Science, Art and Technical Schools, Imperial College; member of the British government eclipse expeditions, 1927, 1932; Lowell Lecturer, Boston, USA, 1936; Professor of Natural Philosophy, Imperial College, 1938; Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University College London, 1946-1955; President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1951-1953; Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science, 1955; died, 1978. Publications: include: Modern Astroph...

Henry Crew

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Eleanor Mabel Elwes Sarton

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Hamilton Holt

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Barber, David S.

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McClelland, Elizabeth Keats.

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George Sarton.

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I. B. Cohen

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Celia Lesser Jaffe

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May Sarton.

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Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

P. Van Oye

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Severin Bonaventure Sarton

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