history:directors
Directors Leiden Observatory and landmarks
| Jaar | Naam | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 juli 1575 | Gerard Bont | mathematics, medicine | |
| 1 okt 1587 | Rudolph Snel v. Royen sr. | ||
| 1609-1626 | Willebrord Snel v. Royen jr. (Snellius) | triangulation Netherlands | |
| 1629-1667 | Jacob Gool | +night assistent; teaching, popularisation | |
| 1633/1634 | Observation platform on Academy: start of the observatory | ||
| 1638 | Georg Markgraf | Establishes first European-style observatory in the America's in Recife | |
| 1654 | Huijgens | observes Saturn | |
| 1668-1682 | Christiaan Melder | mathematics | |
| 1682-1705 | Buchardus de Volder | acquires lenses, mirror, clocks, sextant | |
| 1705-1708 | Lutharius Zumbach de Croesveld | a.i. leaves for Kassel | |
| 1708-1717 | brother Mussenbroek maintains instruments | ||
| 1710 | gift Sphaera planetarium | ||
| Up to this time there are no telescopes present in the observatory. | |||
| 1717-1742 | Willem Jacob ’s Gravensande | physics + explicitly astronomy | |
| 1734 | reflector Hearnes, pass. instr. Sisson, heliostaat. | ||
| 1740 | meridian transit circle | ||
| Ass. La Bordes, Petrus van Mussenbroek, physics | |||
| 1742-1769 | Johan Lulofs | venus_overgang_1761_lulofs.jpg | |
| 1763 | J.A. Fas | lector tot 1817, sometimes a.i. | |
| 1769-(1805) | Dyonisius v.d. Wijnpersse | ||
| 1793-1794 | Pieter Nieuwland | ||
| 1799-1805 | Frederik v. Beeck Calkoen | leaves for Utrecht | |
| 1811-1826 | C. Ekama | from the closed Franeker University | |
| 1823 | reflector Roelof&Rienks | ||
| 1826-1837 | P.J. Uylenbroek | physics | |
| 1837-1861 | F. Kaiser | ||
| 1835 | comet of Halley | ||
| 1837 | director, acquires 6”, transit telescope, universal instrument, clocks | ||
| 1853-1856 | J.A.C. Oudemans | assistant Kaiser | |
| 1857 | Kaiser becomes Rector Magnificus | Verficatie Rijks Zee-Instrumenten (now MEOB) | |
| 1859 | National Time Service | ||
| 1861 | Opening of new Sterrewacht (transit circle, 18 cm refractor) | ||
| 1872 | W. Valentiner a.i. | ||
| 1872-1908 | H.G. v.d. Sande Bakhuyzen | ||
| 1883 | Verificatie leaves Sterrewacht building | ||
| 1874 | heliometer 8½ cm for Reunion, 1893/98 Zenith telescope | ||
| 1878 | Heliometer building | ||
| 1885 | 10” | ||
| 1898 | astrograph (Fotograaf) | ||
| 1898 | zenithtelescoop (Talcott) | ||
| 1908-1918 | E. F. v.d. Sande Bakhuyzen | ||
| 1918-1934 | W.de Sitter | Student of Kapteyn Astrononmical Institute Groningen | |
| Fotograaf used for photometry | |||
| 1924 | renovation, addition of small domes East and West | ||
| 1923 | contract Unie Sterrewag S.A., Franklin Adams telescope | ||
| 1930 | Boerhaave museum | ||
| 1935-1945 | E. Hertzsprung | ||
| 1938/50 | Rockefeller telescope S.A. | ||
| 1938 | Fotograaf used for astrometry | ||
| 1945-1970 | J. Oort | ||
| 1958 | Light Collector (90 cm refractor) Hartebeestpoortdam S.A. | ||
| 1962 | ESO established (Chili) | ESO had more than half time a Leiden director: 1970 Blaauw, 1975 Woltjer, 1988 vd Laan, 2007 de Zeeuw |
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| 1964 | ESRO established | ||
| 1979 | La Palma, Isaac Newton telescope Canary Islands | ||
| 1975 | ESA established (absorbed ESRO) | ||
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