history:directorsoldobs
Directors Leiden Observatory
| 1629-1667 | Jacob Gool | +night assistent; teaching, popularisation |
| 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 |
| 1717-1742 | Willem Jacob ’s Gravensande | physics + explicitly astronomy |
| 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 |
| 1826-1837 | P.J. Uylenbroek | physics |
| 1837-1861 | F. Kaiser | |
| 1872 | W. Valentiner a.i. | |
| 1872-1908 | H.G. v.d. Sande Bakhuyzen | |
| 1908-1918 | E. F. v.d. Sande Bakhuyzen | |
| 1918-1934 | W.de Sitter | Student of Kapteyn Astrononmical Institute Groningen |
| 1935-1945 | E. Hertzsprung | |
| 1945-1970 | J. Oort | |
| 1970-1971 | Hendrik van de Hulst | |
| 1972-1974 | Harm Habing | |
| 1975-1987 | Harry van der Laan | |
| 1987-1991 | William Butler Burton | |
| 1991-1996 | Harm Habing | |
| 1996-2003 | George Miley | |
| 2003-2007 | Tim de Zeeuw | |
| 2007-2012 | Koen Kuijken | |
| 2012-2022 | Huub J.A. Röttgering | |
| 2022- | Ignas Snellen |
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