| 8335 Sarton | Discovered 1984 Feb. 28 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory. |
| Belgian-born mathematician George Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956) moved to the U.S. in 1915. Founder of the magazines Isis and Osiris, author of influential books and a professor at Harvard University, he is credited with introducing the history of science as an important field of study in the U.S. |
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