Willem de Sitter

Biography


Ph.D. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 1901 Netherlands
Dissertation: Discussion of Heliometer Observations of Jupiter's Satellites.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 85—Astronomy and astrophysics

Advisor: Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn

Students:
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NameSchoolYearDescendants
Brouwer, DirkUniversiteit Leiden192712
Hins, CoertUniversiteit Leiden1925
Kremer, PieterUniversiteit Leiden1923
Leckie, AugustUniversiteit Leiden1919
van den Bos, WillemUniversiteit Leiden1925
van Veen, SimonUniversiteit Leiden1927170
Woltjer, JanUniversiteit Leiden1918

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