Adriaan Wesselink

Adriaan Jan Wesselink
Born(1909-04-07)April 7, 1909
Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands
DiedJanuary 12, 1995(1995-01-12) (aged 85)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materUtrecht University
Leiden University
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Thesis Photographic Photometry Applied to the Variable Star SZ Camelopardalis  (1938)

Adriaan Jan Wesselink (April 7, 1909 – January 12, 1995) was a Dutch astronomer who worked successively in the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States. He specialised in observing and understanding the characteristics of stars, particularly variable stars.

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