TY - JOUR
T1 - Karl Schwarzschild, Annie J. Cannon and Cornelis Easton
T2 - The honorary PhDs of Jacobus C. Kapteyn
AU - van der Kruit, Pieter C.
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - Honorary degrees and particularly doctorates are important instruments to enhance the standing of universities and professors, in addition to receiving these as a measure of a scientist's recognition. Jacobus C. Kapteyn from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, one of the most prominent astronomers of his times, received three of these and has persuaded his university to award at least three, possibly five. I examine the background of the selection of the latter in view of developments in Kapteyn's time in his career, international astronomy and political and cultural circumstances.
AB - Honorary degrees and particularly doctorates are important instruments to enhance the standing of universities and professors, in addition to receiving these as a measure of a scientist's recognition. Jacobus C. Kapteyn from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, one of the most prominent astronomers of his times, received three of these and has persuaded his university to award at least three, possibly five. I examine the background of the selection of the latter in view of developments in Kapteyn's time in his career, international astronomy and political and cultural circumstances.
KW - Honorary degrees; statistical astronomy; Galactic astronomy; spectral classification; Selected Areas
KW - Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
KW - Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
M3 - Article
SN - 1440-2807
VL - 24
SP - 521
EP - 543
JO - Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
JF - Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
IS - 2
ER -