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Categories: Foreign Members of the Royal Society, Kyoto laureates in Basic Sciences, Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Members of the American Philosophical Society
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Oort  Jan Hendrix Oort  Jan Oort  Jan Hendrik Oort  J. Oort
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Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) WordNet 3.0
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Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. Wikipedia
IS A
astronomer
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Vetlesen Prize
Gouden Ganzenveer
Prix Jules Janssen
Janssen Medal
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COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Kingdom of The Netherlands
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Pieter Johannes van Rhijn
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Lodewijk Woltjer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Maarten Schmidt
Vincent Icke
EDUCATED AT
University of Groningen
EMPLOYER
Leiden University
FIELD OF WORK
astronomy
GIVEN NAME
Jan
Hendrik
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Dutch
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
International Astronomical Union
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
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NOMINATED FOR
Nobel Prize in Physics
OCCUPATION
astronomer
physicist
professor
professeur des universités
PLACE OF BIRTH
Franeker
PLACE OF DEATH
Leiden
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT OF
Jacobus Kapteyn
Julius Wolff
Johan Antony Barrau
WordNet 3.0
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Oort, Jan Hendrix Oort
Open English WordNet
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Jan Oort, Oort, Jan Hendrix Oort
Wikipedia
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Jan Oort
Wikidata
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Jan Hendrik Oort
Wikipedia Redirections
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Jan H. Oort, Jan Hendrick Oort, Jan Hendrik Oort, Jan Hendrik Ort, Oort, Oort, Jan Hendrik
Wikidata Alias
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J. Oort, J.H. Oort, Jan Oort

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