Adriaan Van Maanen
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 78 years ago |
Date of birth | March 31,1884 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Sneek |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | January 26,1946 |
Died | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Discovered | Van Maanen 2 |
Books | The Proper Motions of 1418 Stars in and Near the Clusters [Italic H] and [Greek Letter Chi] Persei |
Nationality | Dutch |
American | |
Job | Astronomer |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1208857 |
Adriaan Van Maanen Life story
Adriaan van Maanen was a Dutch–American astronomer. Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in Friesland, studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht and worked briefly at the University of Groningen. In 1911, he came to the United States to work as a volunteer in an unpaid capacity at Yerkes Observatory.