Adriaan Blaauw Dutch astronomer
Adriaan Blaauw is a 96 years old Dutch astronomer from Amsterdam, North Holland. Adriaan Blaauw was born on April 12, 1914 (died on December 01, 2010, he was 96 years old) in Amsterdam, North Holland.
About
No, he died on 12/01/2010, 14 years ago. He was 96 years old when he died. He died in Groningen
Awards (3)
Awarded Prix Jules Janssen in 1978 , awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , awarded Bruce Medal in 1989 ,
Education
He graduated from University Of Groningen and Leiden University
What was Adriaan's zodiac sign?Adriaan Blaauw zodiac sign was aries.
Other facts about Adriaan Blaauw
| AlmaMater | Leiden University, University of Groningen |
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| Place of death | Groningen |
| KnownFor | Star formation |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Position held | ESO’s Director General , start time: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z , end time: 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z , replaces: Otto Heckmann , replaced by: Lodewijk Woltjer |
| Member of | Academia Europaea , start time: 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z , affiliation: AE section Earth and cosmic sciences |
| Catalogus Professorum Academiae Groninganae id | 171 |
| Given name | Adriaan |
| Field of work | Astronomy |
| Employer | Leiden University |
| Family name | Blaauw. Show people with the surname Blaauw |
| Country of citizenship | Kingdom Of The Netherlands |
| Place of birth | Amsterdam |
| Date of death | 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z |
| Doctoral advisor | Pieter Johannes Van Rhijn |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Dutch |
