Born Gouda, The Netherlands, 24 March 1886
Died Groningen, The Netherlands, 9 May 1960
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Blaauw, A. (1984). “P. J. Van Rhijn.” In Biografisch woordenboek van Nederland (Biographical dictionary for the Netherlands). Vol. 20.
Blaauw, A. and J. J. Raimond. “P. J. van Rhijn 1886–1960” (in Dutch). Hemel and Dampkring 58: 137–139.
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Macpherson, Hector (1933). Makers of Astronomy. Chap. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Pickering, Edward C., J. C. Kapteyn, and P. J. van Rhijn (1923–1924). “Durchmusterung of Selected Areas.” Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College 102—103.
Schwassmann, A., P. J. van Rhijn, and L. Plaut (1935–1953). Bergedorfer Spektral‐Durchmusterung. Bergedorf, Germany.
van Rhijn, P. J. (1965). “Classical Methods for the Determination of Luminosity Function and Density Distribution.” In Galactic Structure, edited by A. Blaauw and M. Schmidt, pp. 27–39. Vol. 5 of Stars and Stellar Systems. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Written shortly before his death.)
van Rhijn, P. J. and A. Schwassmann (1935). “Die Dichteverteilung der Sterne in höheren galacktischen Breiten” (Stellar density distribution at high galactic latitudes). Zeitschrift für Astrophysik 10: 161–187.
van Rhijn, P. J., F. H. Seares, and J. C. Kapteyn (1930). Mount Wilson Catalogue of Photographic Magnitudes in Selected Areas 1–139. Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washinton. (See also Third Report on the Progress of the Plan of Selected Areas [1923], and later reports, up to 1958, in the Transactions of the International Astronomical Union.)
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Blaauw, A. (2007). Van Rhijn, Pieter Johannes. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1416
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