Brouwer, Dirk (1902)

Dirk (1902) Brouwer
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Name	Brouwer, Dirk (1902) Gender: M
born on	1 September 1902 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place	Rotterdam, Netherlands, 51n55, 4e29
Timezone	LST m4e53 (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Astrodienst
Astrology data	08°00' 27°20 Asc. 27°25'

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Biography

Dutch American astronomer.

He was fourth of six children of Martinus Brouwer (1 March 1875, Schiedam - 14 August 1940, Amsterdam) and Louisa van Wamelen (14 July 1873, Schiedam - 5 April 1922, Rotterdam), who married 18 May 1899 in Schiedam.

He received his Ph.D. 12 April 1927 at Leiden University under astronomer Willem de Sitter. In Leiden he was able to determine that the mass of Titan, a moon of Saturn, could be determined from its influence on other Saturnian moons.

On 1 November 1928, he married Johanna Antonia Mathilda de Graaf (23 Dec 1901) in Rotterdam. They got a son, James Martin (1 April 1932, New Haven, Ct).

At Yale University he specialised in celestial bodies. With W.J. Eckert and Gerald M. Clemence, he wrote Astronomical papers prepared for the use of the American ephemeris and nautical almanac using digital computers.

From 1941 until his death in 1966 he was editor of the Astronomical Journal.

He died in 1966 of heart disease.

Asteroid 1746 and a moon crater were named after him .

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Relationships

• (has as) teacher relationship with Sitter, Willem de (born 6 May 1872). Notes: PhD promotor of Brouwer

Events

• Death of Mother 5 April 1922 in Rotterdam
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• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 12 April 1927 in Leiden (Thesis: Discussie van de waarnemingen van Satellieten I, II en III van Jupiter, gedaan te Johannesburg door Dr. R.T.A. Innes in de jaren 1908-1925)
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• Relationship : Marriage 1 November 1928 in Rotterdam (Johanna Antonia Mathilda de Graaf)
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• Family : Adopted a child 1 April 1932 in New Haven (James Martin)
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• Death of Father 14 August 1940 in Amsterdam
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• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1951 (Coördinates of the Five Outer Planets, 1653-2060)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1961 (Methods of celestial mechanics)

• Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 23 January 1966 (In hospital for heart ailment)
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• Death by Disease 31 January 1966 in New Haven
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Source Notes

Svi retrieved BC from municipal archive or Rotterdam: 1 September 1902 at 10:00.

Brouwer, Dirk in Encyclopedia.com

Categories

• Vocation : Education : Researcher (astronomer)

• Vocation : Science : Astronomy

• Vocation : Writers : Magazine/ newsletter

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (astronomy)