Elly Dekker

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Elly Dekker
Elly Dekker - Dutch science historian - portrait photo.jpg
Born1943 (age 8081)
Haarlem, the Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma mater University of Utrecht
Awards Caird Medal
Scientific career
Fields Astrophysics, History of astronomy
Institutions Museum Boerhaave, Royal Museums Greenwich

Elisabeth (Elly) Dekker (Haarlem, 1943) is a Dutch astronomer and science historian, specialising in the history of astronomy. She studied theoretical physics and astronomy at Utrecht University. [1] In 1975 she obtained a PhD in astronomy at Leiden University with the thesis Spiral structure and the dynamics of flat stellar systems supervised by Hendrik C. van de Hulst. [2] [3] From 1978-1988 she was a curator of Museum Boerhaave in Leiden and afterwards an independent scholar. From 1993-1995 she was a Sackler fellow of the Royal Museums Greenwich. In 1998 she was awarded the Caird Medal for her work on the globe collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. [4]

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Dekker is the author of articles and books including: [1]

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Personal life

Dekker was married to the astronomer and physicist Hendrik Gerard (Henk) van Bueren (1925–2012). [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 independent.academia.edu EllyDekker. Consulted on 12 February 2021.
  2. van der Kruit, Pieter C. (2019), "Appendix A.4: Oort and His Students: a List of Ph.D. Theses", Jan Hendrik Oort, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol. 459, Springer International Publishing, pp. 633–635, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17801-7, ISBN   978-3-030-17800-0, S2CID   199240526
  3. Elly Dekker at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. Campbell, Tony (January 1999), "Chronicle for 1998", Imago Mundi, 51 (1): 178–190, doi:10.1080/03085699908592910
  5. Dekker, E (1976). "Spiral structure and the dynamics of galaxies". Physics Reports. 24 (5): 315–389. Bibcode:1976PhR....24..315D. doi:10.1016/0370-1573(76)90025-9.
  6. resources.huygens.knaw.nl Gewina: Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis der Geneeskunde, Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Techniek (1978-2007). Consulted on 12 February 2021.
  7. Reviews of Globes from the Western World:
  8. Reviews of Globes at Greenwich:
  9. Reviews of Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza:
  10. Reviews of Illustrating the Phaenomena:
  11. See the acknowledgements of Dekker, Elly (2002), "The doctrine of the sphere: A forgotten chapter in the history of globes", Globe Studies, 49/50 (49/50): 25–44, JSTOR   23993546