Willem de Sitter

Dutch cosmologist.

Born May 6th, 1872 in Sneek. [ref]

Died November 20th, 1934 at 62 years old in Leiden. [ref]

Occupations
astronomer, mathematician, physicist, university teacher
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner