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Willem Jacob Luyten

Dutch-american astronomer (1899–1994).

Born March 7th, 1899 in Semarang.

Died November 21st, 1994 at 95 years old in Minneapolis.

Occupations
astronomer, university teacher

You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman