Dirk Brouwer

For the Dutch architect, see Dirk Brouwer (architect).

Dirk Brouwer
Born	September 1, 1902(1902-09-01) Rotterdam
Died	January 31, 1966(1966-01-31) (aged 63) New Haven
Citizenship	American
Nationality	Dutch
Fields	astronomy
Alma mater	Leiden University
Known for	celestial mechanics
Notable awards	Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1955) Bruce Medal (1966)

Dirk Brouwer (September 1, 1902, Rotterdam – January 31, 1966, New Haven) was a Dutch-American astronomer.

He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University in the Netherlands and then went to Yale University. From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the Astronomical Journal.

He specialized in celestial mechanics and together with Gerald Clemence wrote the textbook Methods of Celestial Mechanics.

Awards

• Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1955)
• Bruce Medal (1966)

Named after him

• Asteroid 1746 Brouwer
• The crater Brouwer on the Moon (jointly with mathematician Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer)
• Dirk Brouwer Award of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society
• Dirk Brouwer Award of the American Astronautical Society

External links

• Bruce Medal page
• Awarding of Bruce medal
• Awarding of RAS gold medal

Obituaries

• AJ 71 (1966) 76 (one paragraph)
• Obs 86 (1966) 92 (one line)
• PASP 78 (1966) 104 (one line, see also [1])
• QJRAS 8 (1967) 84