| Dirk Brouwer Born: 1-Sep-1902
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 31-Jan-1966
Location of death: New Haven, CT
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Celestial mechanics Dutch-American astronomer Dirk Brouwer developed the basic methodology used for calculating the orbits of comets, asteroids, planets, and man-made satellites. He studied the rotation of the earth, redetermined astronomical constants, pioneered the use of computers in charting the heavens, and edited Astronomical Journal for 25 years. Father: (civil service worker)
Wife: Johanna Antonia Mathilda de Graaf Brouwer (m. 1928, one son)
University: PhD Astronomy, University of Leiden (1927)
Scholar: Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley (1927-28)
Teacher: Astronomy, Yale University (1928-41)
Professor: Astronomy, Yale University (1941-44)
Professor: Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, Yale University (1944-66)
Administrator: Director of Observatory, Yale University (1941-66)
Bruce Medal 1966 (posthumous)
Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal 1955
Astronomical Journal Editor (1941-66)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
National Academy of Sciences 1951
Royal Astronomical Society
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Naturalized US Citizen
Dutch Ancestry
Asteroid Namesake 1746 Brouwer
Author of books:
Spherographical Navigation (1944, with Frederic W. Keator and D. A. McMillen)
Methods of Celestial Mechanics (1961)
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