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Dirk Brouwer

1902 - 1966

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Dirk Brouwer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)ɡ ˈbrʌu.ər]; September 1, 1902 – January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He received his PhD in 1927 at Leiden University under Willem de Sitter and then went to Yale University. From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the Astronomical Journal. He specialized in celestial mechanics and together with Gerald Clemence wrote the textbook Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dirk Brouwer is the 376th most popular astronomer (down from 366th in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 639th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Dirk Brouwer ranks 376 out of 644. Before him are André Patry, Frank Watson Dyson, Kidinnu, David C. Jewitt, Shi Shen, and Robert Herman. After him are Alenush Terian, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Tadeáš Hájek, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Tsutomu Seki, and Peter van de Kamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Dirk Brouwer ranks 187. Before him are Strom Thurmond, Daniel Kinsey, Eva May, Toivo Loukola, Kim Sowol, and Jack Sharkey. After him are George Kingsley Zipf, Jan Kiepura, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Ida Siekmann, and Veniamin Kaverin. Among people deceased in 1966, Dirk Brouwer ranks 130. Before him are Nikolay Cherkasov, Joseph A. Walker, Helen Kane, Ernest Burgess, Courtney Hodges, and Hans Hofmann. After him are Seán T. O'Kelly, Jan Kiepura, Hedda Hopper, Stylianos Gonatas, Alfred P. Sloan, and Christian Herter.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Brouwer ranks 586 out of 1,646. Before him are Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1562), Jan Raas (1952), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), and Nigel de Jong (1984). After him are Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876), Peter R. de Vries (1956), Corneille de Lyon (1500), Ernesto Hoost (1965), Martin Koeman (1938), and Johannes Meursius (1579).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Dirk Brouwer ranks 14. Before him are John Goodricke (1764), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), and Walter Lewin (1936). After him are Peter van de Kamp (1901), Bart Bok (1906), Eise Eisinga (1744), Kees de Jager (1921), Frederik Kaiser (1808), and Ewine van Dishoeck (1955).

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