Jan van Paradijs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan van Paradijs

Dutch astronomer

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1999

Profession: astrophysicist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Johannes A.
van Paradijs (9 June 1946 – 2 November 1999) was a Dutch high-energy astrophysicist.
He is best known for discovering the first optical afterglow of a gamma-ray burst, GRB 970228, in February 1997, together with two of his students, and for establishing that gamma-ray bursts are extragalactic events.