Jan Hendrik Oort

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jan_Hendrik_Oort

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Groningen
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Bruce_Medal gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Balzan_Prize gptkb:Crafoord_Prize gptkb:Vetlesen_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate	1900-04-28
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Franeker,_Netherlands
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Coenraad_Oort
gptkbp:deathDate	1992-11-05
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Leiden,_Netherlands
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Jacobus_Kapteyn
gptkbp:education	gptkb:University_of_Groningen
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Oort's_comet gptkb:Oort_cavity gptkb:Oort_spike gptkb:Oort_cloud gptkb:Oort_constants gptkb:Oort_limit 1691 Oort (asteroid)
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:astronomy astrophysics radio astronomy
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Oort_cloud gptkb:Oort_constants radio astronomy work on the Milky Way
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:US_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	Dutch
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Maarten_Schmidt gptkb:Hendrik_van_de_Hulst gptkb:Lodewijk_Woltjer
gptkbp:president	gptkb:International_Astronomical_Union gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:signature	Jan Hendrik Oort signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Ina_Coulon
gptkbp:thesisTitle	The stars of high velocity
gptkbp:thesisYear	1926
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:Leiden_Observatory gptkb:University_of_Leiden
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jan Hendrik Oort