Category talk:Dutch astronomers
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The category Dutch astronomers should definitely include Jan Schilt 1894-1982. He was a student of Kapteyn, but moved to the USA and headed Columbia University's Astronomy Department 1936-1962. Inventor of the Schilt photometer. Rutherford Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University. Studied stellar motions in our galaxy. Director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station in Johannesberg and Canberra. Papers held in the rare book collection of Columbia University.
