Groningen, Netherlands

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Groningen, Netherlands

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.groningen.nl/

Population:
180,848 (2005)

SCHOOLS

School Founded

Groningen University 1614

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Daniel Bernoulli Mathematician 8-Feb-1700 27-Mar-1782 Fluid dynamics

Pete Hoekstra Politician 30-Oct-1953 Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011

Jozef Israëls Painter 27-Jan-1824 12-Aug-1911 Dutch scene painter

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Physicist 21-Sep-1853 21-Feb-1926 Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity

Maarten Schmidt Astronomer 28-Dec-1929 Co-Discoverer of quasars

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Adriaan Blaauw Astronomer 12-Apr-1914 1-Dec-2010 Evolving galaxies

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