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Fig. 6.16 List with members of the Board of the (Royal) Natural Sciences Society at
Groningen. This list decorates one of the walls of the Kapteyn Hall in the Concerthuis.
At the top the header and in the lower panel the bottom part with Kapteyn on the left
on the third line from the bottom (number 47). On the right some of the current board
members; in the mean time a second list has been started
the Royal Natural Sciences Society is having its lectures in this Forum and the
Kapteyn Hall is used again to receive and entertain speakers.
To further honor Kapteyn’s great achievements for the Society, a major public
lecture by a scientist with high international standard, the Jacobus C. Kapteyn
Lecture, has been held annually since 2012, usually in the auditorium of the
Academy Building.