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Willem de Sitter

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Dutch cosmologist (*1872 - †1934)

NetherlandsScientistsLived 1872 to 1934 · aged 62
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Willem de Sitter was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He is known for the de Sitter universe, which is a cosmological model that was named after him.

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Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest, Willem de Sitter, Arthur Eddington, and Hendrik Lorentz in Leiden (1923)Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest, Willem de Sitter, Arthur Eddington, and Hendrik Lorentz in Leiden (1923)

Awards 4

1934Prix Jules Janssen
1931Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1931Bruce Medal
1929James Craig Watson Medal

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About this person

Country
Netherlands
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1872 to 1934 · aged 62
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