Willem de Sitter: A. Einstein, A.S. Eddington, P. Ehrenfest, H.A. Lorentz, W. de Sitter in Leiden (1920)

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Name:	Willem De Sitter
Birth Date:	1872
Death Date:	1934
Nationality:	Dutch
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	astronomer

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Born on May 6, 1872, at Sneek, Netherlands, Willem De Sitter observed the sky from the northern latitudes of Europe all the way down to Cape Town, South Africa. De Sitter was especially interested in observing the moons of Jupiter. By noting how the...

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Born in Friesland, De Sitter studied mathematics at Groningen University and then joined the Groningen astronomical laboratory. He worked at the Cape Observatory in South Africa (1897-1899) then, in 1908, de Sitter was appointed to the chair of...

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