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Cornelis de Jager

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Dutch astronomer, university professor, pioneer of space science, science communicator and opponent of pseudoscience (1921-2021)

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Cornelis "Kees" de Jager was a Dutch astronomer who specialized in predicting solar variation to assess the Sun's impact on future climate. He was the General Secretary of the IAU from 1967 to 1973 and former director of the observatory at Utrecht.

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1993Theodore von Kármán Award
1990Akademiepenning
1988George Ellery Hale Prize
1988Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1984Prix Jules Janssen
1976honorary doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University
1974Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

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Cornelis "Kees" de Jager was a Dutch astronomer who specialized in predicting solar variation to assess the Sun's impact on future climate. He was the General Secretary of the IAU from 1967 to 1973 and former director of the observatory at Utrecht. He was a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and played an important role in the European skeptical movement as the first chairman of both Stichting Skepsis and the European Council of Skeptical Organisations.

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deceased
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Lived 1921 to 2021 · aged 100
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