Adriaan Van Maanen
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 79 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 31,1884 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Sneek |
| Netherlands | |
| Date of died | January 26,1946 |
| Died | Pasadena |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Discovered | Van Maanen 2 |
| Books | The Proper Motions of 1418 Stars in and Near the Clusters [Italic H] and [Greek Letter Chi] Persei |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| American | |
| Job | Astronomer |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1208857 |
Adriaan Van Maanen Life story
Adriaan van Maanen was a Dutch–American astronomer. Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in Friesland, studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht and worked briefly at the University of Groningen. In 1911, he came to the United States to work as a volunteer in an unpaid capacity at Yerkes Observatory.
