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Among the most influential, world-renowned scientists during the
early decades of the twentieth century was the Dutch astronomer
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922). Kapteyn's influence resulted
from and contributed to the golden age of Dutch science. In the
words of the brilliant English astrophysicist, Arthur S. Eddington:
Holland has given many scientific leaders to the world: it is
doubtful whether any other nation in proportion to its size can
show so fine a record. J.C. Kapteyn was among the most
distinguished of its sons -- a truly great astronomer'. The present
text is an English translation of Kapteyn's 1928 (Dutch) biography
by his daughter Henrietta Hertzsprung-Kapteyn. While the original
biography suffers from -- but in many ways is also enriched by --
the emotional excesses of a loving daughter writing of her famous
father, this new translation provides an annotated assessment of
Kapteyn as family man, scientist and world leader. This new volume
also opens up to a much wider reading public many of the enormously
rich contributions, not only of Kapteyn the man but also of the
Dutch, to the emergence of astronomy as a major intellectual force
in the world. Perhaps equally important, the translated biography
reproduces many biographical and technical details from Kapteyn's
correspondence with numerous other scientists and scholars. Access
to the Kapteyn biography becomes an archival treasure for future
studies dealing with Kapteyn himself, as well as with the history
of both modern and Dutch astronomy and with the rise of
international astronomy.
Among the most influential, world-renowned scientists during the
early decades of the twentieth century was the Dutch astronomer
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922). Kapteyn's influence resulted
from and contributed to the golden age of Dutch science. In the
words of the brilliant English astrophysicist, Arthur S. Eddington:
Holland has given many scientific leaders to the world: it is
doubtful whether any other nation in proportion to its size can
show so fine a record. J.C. Kapteyn was among the most
distinguished of its sons -- a truly great astronomer'. The present
text is an English translation of Kapteyn's 1928 (Dutch) biography
by his daughter Henrietta Hertzsprung-Kapteyn. While the original
biography suffers from -- but in many ways is also enriched by --
the emotional excesses of a loving daughter writing of her famous
father, this new translation provides an annotated assessment of
Kapteyn as family man, scientist and world leader. This new volume
also opens up to a much wider reading public many of the enormously
rich contributions, not only of Kapteyn the man but also of the
Dutch, to the emergence of astronomy as a major intellectual force
in the world. Perhaps equally important, the translated biography
reproduces many biographical and technical details from Kapteyn's
correspondence with numerous other scientists and scholars. Access
to the Kapteyn biography becomes an archival treasure for future
studies dealing with Kapteyn himself, as well as with the history
of both modern and Dutch astronomy and with the rise of
international astronomy.
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