Willem Jacob Luyten

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person astronomer
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Bruce_Medal gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal gptkb:Janssen_Medal gptkb:Rittenhouse_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1899-03-07
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Semarang,_Dutch_East_Indies
gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate	1994-11-21
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Minneapolis,_Minnesota,_United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Luyten's_Star gptkb:Luyten_726-8 gptkb:Luyten_1159-16 gptkb:Luyten_143-23 gptkb:Luyten_145-141 gptkb:Luyten_210-330 gptkb:Luyten_271-25 gptkb:Luyten_789-6
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Ejnar_Hertzsprung
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Leiden_University gptkb:University_of_Amsterdam
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:University_of_Minnesota gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory gptkb:Lick_Observatory
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gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Willem Jacob Luyten
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Luyten's_Star gptkb:Luyten_726-8 gptkb:Luyten_789-6 gptkb:Luyten_Two-Tenths_catalogue proper motion surveys
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gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American Dutch
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gptkbp:occupation	astronomer
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Minneapolis,_Minnesota,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Louise_Freeland_Jenkins
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	6