Birth Name:

Lodewijk Woltjer

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Apr 26, 1930

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Noordwijk-Binnen, South Holland, Netherlands

Age:

94

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

5°

Tau

30'

About Lodewijk Woltjer

Lodewijk Woltjer (26 April 1930 – 25 August 2019) was an astronomer, and the son of astronomer Jan Woltjer. He studied at the University of Leiden under Jan Oort earning a PhD in astronomy in 1957 with a thesis on the Crab Nebula. This was followed by post-doctoral research appointments to various American universities and the subsequent appointment of professor of theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics in the University of Leiden. From 1964 to 1974 he was Rutherford Professor of Astronomy and Chair of the Astronomy Department at Columbia University in New York. From 1975 to 1987 he was Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), where he initiated the construction of the Very Large Telescope. In 1994–1997 he was President of the International Astronomical Union. Woltjer was honored in 1987 with the Karl Schwarzschild Medal.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Lodewijk Woltjer: Sun 5 Taurus, Moon 7 Aries, Mercury 25 Taurus, Venus 25 Taurus, Mars 1 Aries, Jupiter 16 Gemini, Saturn 11 Capricorn, Uranus 12 Aries, Neptune 0 Virgo, Pluto 17 Cancer, Sun Trine Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Venus Semi Square Uranus, Mars Quincunx Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Semi Sextile Pluto, Saturn Square Uranus, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Lodewijk Woltjer: 2019 deaths, 1930 births, Columbia University faculty, Leiden University faculty, April 26 births, Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Members of the French Academy of Sciences, Leiden University alumni, People from Noordwijk, 20th-century Dutch astronomers, The Astronomical Journal editors

Photo attribution: M.McCaughrean (ESA)/ESO, Cropped from ESO