H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen
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Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen was a Dutch astronomer. His surname, van de Sande Bakhuyzen, is sometimes erroneously given as Backhuyzen or Bakhuysen. His first name is sometimes given as H
H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen.
Grave of Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (righthand side) on the Groenesteeg graveyard in Leiden, the Netherlands. Grave number 506
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.
H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen
…became director of the Leiden Observatory in 1872 upon the death of Frederik Kaiser. He retired in 1908. Van de Sande Bakhuyzen became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1872. He chose to concentrate on fundamental astronomy rather than on the then-new field of spectroscopy. He worked mainly on the observation of…
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