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Marcel Minnaert

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Belgian-Dutch astronomer (1893-1970)

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Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert was a Belgian-Dutch astronomer. He was born in Bruges and died in Utrecht. He is notable for his contributions to astronomy and physics and for a popular book on meteorological optics: Light and colour in the open air, first published in English in 1940.

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1969honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
1966Prix Jules Janssen
1951Bruce Medal
1947Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Scientists
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deceased
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Lived 1893 to 1970 · aged 77
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