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Peter van de Kamp

1901 - 1995

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Piet van de Kamp (December 26, 1901 – May 18, 1995), known as Peter van de Kamp in the United States, was a Dutch astronomer who lived in the United States most of his life. He was professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College and director of the college's Sproul Observatory from 1937 until 1972. He specialized in astrometry, studying parallax and proper motions of stars. He came to public attention in the 1960s when he announced that Barnard's star had a planetary system based on observed "wobbles" in its motion, but this is now known to be false. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter van de Kamp is the 382nd most popular astronomer (down from 176th in 2019), the 595th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 314th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Peter van de Kamp ranks 382 out of 644. Before him are Dirk Brouwer, Alenush Terian, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Tadeáš Hájek, Joseph Johann von Littrow, and Tsutomu Seki. After him are Brian Schmidt, David H. Levy, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Ercole Dembowski, James Edward Keeler, and Albrecht Unsöld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Peter van de Kamp ranks 189. Before him are Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Clyde Geronimi, Francisco Guilledo, Claude Aveline, Karl Arnold, and Sekiryo Kaneda. After him are Grete Hermann, Jan de Quay, Michael Oakeshott, Erich Ollenhauer, Vilma Bánky, and Florence Green. Among people deceased in 1995, Peter van de Kamp ranks 173. Before him are Jüri Järvet, Harry Guardino, Jesús Garay, Claudio Brook, Bojan Adamič, and V. J. Sukselainen. After him are Friz Freleng, Albrecht Unsöld, Julián Berrendero, Carlo Ceresoli, Esmat Dowlatshahi, and Doug McClure.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Peter van de Kamp ranks 595 out of 1,646. Before him are Corneille de Lyon (1500), Ernesto Hoost (1965), Martin Koeman (1938), Johannes Meursius (1579), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), and Hans van Manen (1932). After him are Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Jan de Vries (1944), Arjen Anthony Lucassen (1960), Jan de Quay (1901), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), and Bas Jan Ader (1942).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Peter van de Kamp ranks 15. Before him are Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), Walter Lewin (1936), and Dirk Brouwer (1902). After him are Bart Bok (1906), Eise Eisinga (1744), Kees de Jager (1921), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Ewine van Dishoeck (1955), and Adriaan van Maanen (1884).

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