Dirk Klinkenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dirk Klinkenberg

Dutch astronomer

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1709

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1799

Profession: astronomer, politician, mathematician, instrument maker

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dutchman Dirk Klinkenberg (15 November 1709, Haarlem – 3 March 1799, The Hague) was secretary of the Dutch government for 40 years.
He was also known as a mathematician and amateur astronomer.Jan de Munck, Dirk Klinkenberg, and Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux each independently discovered the Great Comet of 1744 (aka C/1743 X1).
Klinkenberg would later also discover comets C/1748 K1 and C/1762 K1. Asteroid 10427 Klinkenberg, named after him, was discovered on September 24, 1960 by husband and wife team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld.