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Johannes Droste

Dutch mathematician · Netherlands · On the map · Academics · Lived 1886 to 1963 · aged 77

Johannes Droste was a Dutch mathematician and theoretical physicist, who was the second person after Karl Schwarzschild to solve Einstein's field equation. He was a professor of mathematics at Leiden University from 1930 to 1956.

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Country
Netherlands
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1963 · aged 77