5.6 Carte du Ciel
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Fig. 5.11 Kapteyn, probably in his thirties. This illustration has been taken from Henriette Hertzsprung–Kapteyn’s biography [1]
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. David Gill was knighted in 1900
and received the first of these medals in 1882 and in 1908 (to win it twice
is extremely rare), and the other prize in 1900. Christie was also knighted in
1904, but was never awarded any of these very prestigious medals (nor any
other important distinction).
5.7 The Kapteyn Household
Almost a year after Kapteyn and his wife were married, their first child, Jacoba
Cornelia, was born; a year and a half later their second daughter, Henriette
Mariette Augustine Albertine, followed. Another two years later their son Gerrit Jacobus was born (see Table 5.1). The registers at the municipality of Groningen also contain the statement of a stillborn child in August 1895. In the family
circle the children were addressed with nicknames, respectively ‘Dody’, ‘Hetty’
and ‘Rob’; those names were also used by family, friends and acquaintances.
Since I am not in those categories, I will not use those nicknames here. Figure
5.11 shows Kapteyn around that time.
Jacobus and Elise Kapteyn had thoroughly studied the principles of child
care and upbringing. Together they studied the book The development of the
child in body and soul: companion for mothers raising their first child by the
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Fig. 5.11 Kapteyn, probably in his thirties. This illustration has been taken from Henriette Hertzsprung–Kapteyn’s biography [1]
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. David Gill was knighted in 1900
and received the first of these medals in 1882 and in 1908 (to win it twice
is extremely rare), and the other prize in 1900. Christie was also knighted in
1904, but was never awarded any of these very prestigious medals (nor any
other important distinction).
5.7 The Kapteyn Household
Almost a year after Kapteyn and his wife were married, their first child, Jacoba
Cornelia, was born; a year and a half later their second daughter, Henriette
Mariette Augustine Albertine, followed. Another two years later their son Gerrit Jacobus was born (see Table 5.1). The registers at the municipality of Groningen also contain the statement of a stillborn child in August 1895. In the family
circle the children were addressed with nicknames, respectively ‘Dody’, ‘Hetty’
and ‘Rob’; those names were also used by family, friends and acquaintances.
Since I am not in those categories, I will not use those nicknames here. Figure
5.11 shows Kapteyn around that time.
Jacobus and Elise Kapteyn had thoroughly studied the principles of child
care and upbringing. Together they studied the book The development of the
child in body and soul: companion for mothers raising their first child by the