Politician, lawyer, philosopher, writer and opinion leader. | University of the Andes, New York University | Popayán: January 19, 1978 - June 25, 2022
Jacobus Kapteyn
- Barneveld: January 19, 1851 celebration
- Amsterdam: June 18, 1922 celebration
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Jacobus Kapteyn -
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Kingdom of the Netherlands -
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Jacobus Kapteyn -
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celebration Date of birth
Barneveld: January 19, 1851 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Amsterdam: June 18, 1922 -
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engineering Field of Work
- astronomy
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local_library teacher
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- Jan Hendrik Oort
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school Education
- Utrecht University
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- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1910)
- James Craig Watson Medal (1913)
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1919)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1902)
- Bruce Medal (1913)
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- Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922) | Pour le