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Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884)

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Adriaan van Maanen

American astronomer (1884–1946)

Adriaan van Maanen was a Dutch-American astronomer. Born in Friesland, he studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht, earning his Ph.D. in 1911, and worked briefly at the University of Groningen. In 1911, he came to the United States to work as a volunteer in an unpaid…
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January 26

Day of the year

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year.
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