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Brouwer, Dirk

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BornRotterdam, The Netherlands, 1 September 1902

DiedNew Haven, Connecticut, USA, 31 January 1966

Dutch American Dirk Brouwer made significant contributions to the field of celestial mechanics (understanding the orbits of natural and artificial bodies) and pioneered the use of digital computers to solve problems with unprecedented accuracy. The son of Martinus and Louisa (Née Van Wamelen) Brouwer, Dirk graduated from high school in Rotterdam and attended the University of Leiden, studying mathematics and astronomy. He received his doctorate in 1927 under the guidance of Willem de Sitter , while serving as an assistant at the Leiden Observatory. Thereupon, he received a 1-year fellowship from the International Education Board to study at the University of California at Berkeley and Yale University. Brouwer remained at Yale for the rest of his life, starting as a research assistant to Ernest Brown in 1928, being named an assistant professor in 1933 and in 1941 becoming a full professor,...

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  • Clemence, G. M. (1970). “Dirk Brouwer.” Biographical Memoirs,National Academy of Sciences 41: 69–87.

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  1. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Michael Fosmire

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

    Thomas Hockey

  2. University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA

    Virginia Trimble

  3. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

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  4. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA

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  5. York Univesity, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  6. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

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  7. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    JoAnn Palmeri

  8. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel W. E. Green

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Fosmire, M. (2014). Brouwer, Dirk. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_208

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