# Dirk Brouwer

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Dutch-American astronomer (1902–1966)

For the architect, see [Dirk Brouwer (architect)](/source/Dirk_Brouwer_(architect)).

Dirk Brouwer Born (1902-09-01)September 1, 1902 Rotterdam, Netherlands Died January 31, 1966(1966-01-31) (aged 63) New Haven, US Alma mater Leiden University Known for celestial mechanics Awards Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1955) Bruce Medal (1966) Scientific career Fields astronomy Doctoral advisor Willem de Sitter[1] Doctoral students Brian G. Marsden Jean Kovalevsky

**Dirk Brouwer** (Dutch pronunciation: [\[ˈdɪr(ə)ɡ ˈbrʌu.ər\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch); September 1, 1902 – January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer.[2]

He received his PhD in 1927 at [Leiden University](/source/Leiden_University) under [Willem de Sitter](/source/Willem_de_Sitter)[3] and then went to [Yale University](/source/Yale_University). From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the *[Astronomical Journal](/source/Astronomical_Journal)*.

He specialized in [celestial mechanics](/source/Celestial_mechanics) and together with [Gerald Clemence](/source/Gerald_Clemence) wrote the textbook *Methods of Celestial Mechanics*.

## Awards

- [Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society](/source/Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society) (1955)

- [Bruce Medal](/source/Bruce_Medal) (1966)

## Named after him

- [Asteroid](/source/Asteroid) [1746 Brouwer](/source/1746_Brouwer)

- The crater [Brouwer](/source/Brouwer_(crater)) on the [Moon](/source/Moon) (jointly with [mathematician](/source/Mathematician) [Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer](/source/Luitzen_Egbertus_Jan_Brouwer))

- [Dirk Brouwer Award](/source/Brouwer_Award_(Division_on_Dynamical_Astronomy)) of the [Division on Dynamical Astronomy](/source/Division_on_Dynamical_Astronomy) of the [American Astronomical Society](/source/American_Astronomical_Society)

- [Dirk Brouwer Award](/source/Dirk_Brouwer_Award_(American_Astronautical_Society)) of the [American Astronautical Society](/source/American_Astronautical_Society)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Dirk Brouwer](https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=112205) at the [Mathematics Genealogy Project](/source/Mathematics_Genealogy_Project)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Obituary: Dirk Brouwer"](http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v19/i3/p108_s2?bypassSSO=1). *Physics Today*. **19** (3): 108–109. March 1966. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1063/1.3048090](https://doi.org/10.1063%2F1.3048090).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hockey, Thomas (2009). [*The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers*](http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/58212.html). [Springer Publishing](/source/Springer_Publishing). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-387-31022-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-387-31022-0). Retrieved August 22, 2012.

## External links

- [Bruce Medal page](http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Brouwer/index.html)

- [Awarding of Bruce medal](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0078//0000195.000.html)

- [Awarding of RAS gold medal](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0115//0000199.000.html)

- [National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir](http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/brouwer-dirk.pdf)

### Obituaries

- [AJ **71** (1966) 76](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/AJ.../0071//0000076.000.html) (one paragraph)

- [Obs **86** (1966) 92](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/Obs../0086//0000092.000.html) (one line)

- [PASP **78** (1966) 104](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0078//0000104.000.html) (one line, see also [\[1\]](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0078//0000195.000.html))

- [QJRAS **8** (1967) 84](http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/QJRAS/0008//0000084.000.html)

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