Jacobus Kapteyn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation
Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1851
Place of Birth: Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 18-Jun-1922
Profession: astronomer, professor, physicist, university teacher
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Jacobus Kapteyn
- Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (19 January 1851 – 18 June 1922) was a Dutch astronomer.
- He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation.
- Kapteyn was also among the first to suggest the existence of dark matter using stellar velocities as early as 1922.
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| Alternative names | Jan Pieter Veth, Henric van Gooyen, Samuel van Hoogstraten, J. Staphorst, G.H.C. Stemming, Van Doornik en de Kempenaere | ||
| Description | Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker and graphic designer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1864 | 1 July 1925 | |
| Location of birth/death | Dordrecht | Amsterdam | |
| Work period | from 1877 until 1925 | ||
| Work location | Amsterdam (1877-1888), Laren (1886), Dordrecht (1887), Bussum (....-1924), Germany (1896), Amsterdam (1924-1925) | ||
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