Kees de Jager

Cornelis "Kees" de Jager (29 April 1921 – 27 May 2021) was a Dutch astronomer. He worked in predicting solar variation to see the Sun's impact on future climate. He was the General Secretary of the IAU from 1967 to 1973 and former director of the observatory at Utrecht. He was a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

De Jager was born in Den Burg on the island of Texel and died at his home in the same village from problems caused by a fall, aged 100.Professor Kees de Jager overleden 

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990.

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