Dirk Brouwer
Dirk Brouwer | |
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| Born | September 1, 1902 Rotterdam,Netherlands |
| Died | January 31, 1966(aged 63) New Haven,US |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Known for | celestial mechanics |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society(1955) Bruce Medal(1966) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Doctoral advisor | Willem de Sitter[1] |
| Doctoral students | Brian G. Marsden Jean Kovalevsky |
Dirk Brouwer(Dutch pronunciation:[ˈdɪr(ə)ɡˈbrʌu.ər];September 1, 1902 – January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer.[2]
He received his PhD in 1927 atLeiden UniversityunderWillem de Sitter[3]and then went toYale University.From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of theAstronomical Journal.
He specialized incelestial mechanicsand together withGerald Clemencewrote the textbookMethods of Celestial Mechanics.
Awards
[edit]Named after him
[edit]- Asteroid1746 Brouwer
- The craterBrouweron theMoon(jointly withmathematicianLuitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer)
- Dirk Brouwer Awardof theDivision on Dynamical Astronomyof theAmerican Astronomical Society
- Dirk Brouwer Awardof theAmerican Astronautical Society
References
[edit]- ^Dirk Brouwerat theMathematics Genealogy Project
- ^"Obituary: Dirk Brouwer".Physics Today.19(3): 108–109. March 1966.doi:10.1063/1.3048090.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-09-17.
- ^Hockey, Thomas (2009).The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers.Springer Publishing.ISBN978-0-387-31022-0.RetrievedAugust 22,2012.
External links
[edit]- Bruce Medal page
- Awarding of Bruce medal
- Awarding of RAS gold medal
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
Obituaries
[edit]- AJ71(1966) 76(one paragraph)
- Obs86(1966) 92(one line)
- PASP78(1966) 104(one line, see also[1])
- QJRAS8(1967) 84
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