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Frederick Kaiser (1808-1872)

Subject Fields

Astronomy

Born

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Famous for

The foundation of a new, completely up-to-date observatory building in Leiden (1860, the first of its kind in The Netherlands), and the introduction of statistics and precision measurements in daily astronomical practice.

Researcher in Leiden

1837-1872

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  • Ph.D.Project: Petra van der Heijden

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