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Willem de Sitter
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Willem de Sitter

Scientist · born May 6, 1872 · died 1934

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Willem de Sitter was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He is known for the de Sitter universe, which is a cosmological model that was named after him.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~57Received the James Craig Watson Medal1929
  2. ~59Received the Bruce Medal1931
  3. ~59Received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society1931
  4. ~62Named Prix Jules Janssen1934

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