Born Kampen, the Netherlands, 26 December 1901
Died Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 18 May 1995
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Mumford, G.S. (2007). Van de Kamp, Peter [Piet]. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1411
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