Willem Jacob Luyten

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Willem Jacob Luyten
Born(1899-03-07)March 7, 1899
Semarang, Java, Dutch East Indies
DiedNovember 21, 1994(1994-11-21) (aged 95)
Minneapolis, United States
Alma materLeiden University
AwardsJames Craig Watson Medal (1964)
Bruce Medal (1968)
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsLick Observatory,
Harvard College Observatory
University of Minnesota
Doctoral advisorEjnar Hertzsprung

Willem Jacob Luyten (March 7, 1899 – November 21, 1994) was a Dutch-American astronomer.[1][2][3][4][5]

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  3. ^ Abt, H. A. (1968). "Award of the Bruce Gold Medal to Professor Willem J. Luyten". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 80 (474). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 247–250. Bibcode:1968PASP...80..247A. doi:10.1086/128625.
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  5. ^ Luyten, J. R. (1995). "Willem Jacob Luyten, 1899–1994". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 27 (4). American Astronomical Society: 1480–1481. Bibcode:1995BAAS...27.1480L. Retrieved 6 June 2018.