Gerard p kuiper biography of william shakespeare

Netherlands-born American astronomer (–)

Not to be confused with the mathematician Nicolaas Kuiper.

Gerard Peter Kuiper (KY-pər; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper, Dutch:[ˈɣɛrɪtˈpitərˈkœypər]; 7&#;December – 23&#;December ) was a Dutch-American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor.

The Kuiper belt is named after him.

Gerard p kuiper biography of william shakespeare

Kuiper is considered by many to be the father of modern planetary science.^[1]

Early life and education

Kuiper, the son of a tailor in the village of Tuitjenhorn in North Holland, had an early interest in astronomy.

He had extraordinarily sharp eyesight, allowing him to see with the naked eye magnitude &#;stars, about four times fainter than those visible to normal eyes.^{[citation needed]}

He studied at Leiden University in , where at the time a very large number of astronomers had congregated.

He befriended fellow students Bart Bok and Pieter Oosterhoff, and was taught by Ejnar Hertzspru