Jan Oort

JanOort

male, deceased (1992)
Leiden University faculty, antenna, second world war, university of leiden, observatory, westerbork…oort cloud, JanHendrikOort
Jan Hendrik Oort (April 28, 1900, Franeker - November 5, 1992, Leiden) was an internationally famous Dutch astronomer. He stimulated radio...
Bertil Lindblad

Bertil Lindblad

male, deceased (1965)
Saltsjöbaden Observatory, filosofie magister, uppsala university, galaxy, stellar, Uppsala University alumni…JanHendrikOort
Bertil Lindblad (Örebro November 26 1895 - Saltsjöbaden (outside Stockholm) June 25 1965) was a Swedish astronomer. After finishing his secondary ed...
Maarten Schmidt

Maarten Schmidt

male, 79 years old
dutch, Leiden Observatory, JanHendrikOort, 3C 273, Ph.D., luminosity
Maarten Schmidt (born December 28 1929) is a Dutch astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars. Schmidt was born...
Gart Westerhout

Gart Westerhout

male, 82 years old
dutch, Astronomer, university of leiden, leiden, hydrogen, radiation…JanHendrikOort, Hendrik van de Hulst
Gart Westerhout (1927-) is a Dutch astronomer. Well before completing his university studies at Leiden, he had already become well-established...