Egbert Adriaan Kreiken
Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (born November 1, 1896 in Barneveld , Gelderland , † August 16, 1964 ) was a Dutch astronomer . The lunar crater Kreiken is named after him.
Life
Kreiken studied at the University of Groningen under Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, among others, and received his doctorate in 1923 with a thesis “On the color of the faint stars in the Milky Way and the distance of the Scutum group”.
He subsequently worked in Amsterdam with Anton Pannekoek , among others , and was made a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1929. In 1928 he moved to Indonesia , where he initially worked at the Bosscha Observatory . He spent most of his life as a lecturer and teacher in Indonesia (where he was temporarily science minister), Liberia and Turkey , where he co-founded the Astronomical Institute of Ankara University .
The crater of the moon Kreiken is named after him.
Web links
- Publications by EA Kreiken in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituary in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kreiken, Egbert Adriaan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barneveld , Gelderland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1964 |